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1 Corinthians 14:26
How is it, then, brethren? When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying:
How is it, then, brethren? When ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying:
1 CORINTHIANS 14:26 e[kastoj The Textus Receptus, following ac D F G K L most minuscules it vg syrp, h goth arm, adds u`mw/n. Although it can be argued that the shorter text (î46...
Verse 26. _HOW IS IT - EVERY ONE OF YOU HATH A PSALM_, c.] Dr. Lightfoot understands this in the following manner: When the congregation came together, some were for spending the time in _psalmody_ o...
HOW IS IT THEN, BRETHREN? - See the note at 1 Corinthians 14:15. What is the fact? What actually occurs among you? Does that state of things exist which I have described? Is there that order in your p...
4. PROPHECY AND SPEAKING WITH A TONGUE. CHAPTER 14 _ 1. Prophecy the better gift. (1 Corinthians 14:1 .)_ 2. Intelligibility demanded. (1 Corinthians 14:14 .) 3. Practical instructions for the publ...
Paul now lays down the rules. At present at their assemblies all are eager to speak in one way or another. But the edification of the Church is to be the governing principle. Two may speak in tongues,...
THE FALSE AND THE TRUE WORSHIP (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)...
What then emerges from all this, brothers? Whenever you meet together, let each have his psalm, let each have his teaching, let each have his message direct from God, let each have his tongue, let eac...
HOW. Greek. _ti._ Same as "What", 1 Corinthians 14:15. EVERY. each. OF YOU. Omit. INTERPRETATION. See 1 Corinthians 12:10....
Regulations to insure decency and order 26. _hath a psalm_ The Apostle here reproves another fault. Not only are the Corinthians ambitious rather of the gifts which attract attention, than of those wh...
REGULATIONS TO INSURE DECENCY AND ORDER...
ΤΊ ΟΥ̓͂Ν ἘΣΤΊΝ; Not ‘how is it,’ as A.V., but (see 1 Corinthians 14:15 and note) _what_ is it? what then is the state of the case? i.e. to what condition has your self-seeking brought you? ΨΑΛΜῸΝ ἜΧΕΙ...
_THE PROPER USE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS -- 1 CORINTHIANS 14:26-40:_ Paul wanted it understood that when the church met for worship that everything that was done must be done for the good of all that were p...
ΤΊ ΟΎΝ ΈΣΤΙΝ, _см._ 1 Corinthians 14:15. ΣΥΝΈΡΧΗΣΘΕ _praes. conj. med. (dep.) от_ ΣΥΝΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G4905) собираться вместе. _Praes._ является iterat. и указывает на возобновляющееся действие. _Conj._ с Ό...
EVERY ONE OF YOU HATH A PSALM,— _Is ready with a psalm, with a doctrine,_ &c. Locke. It seems probable, that some of these Christians were so full of themselves, and so desirous of exercising their re...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Perfecting With Decorum and Decency (1 Corinthians 14:26-40) 26 What then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Rules For Using Spiritual Gifts_ (20-40) _Text_ 1 Corinthians 14:20-40. Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men. 21 In the law it is wr...
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. HOW...
24 Predicting, or foretelling, is not necessarily involved in the gift of prophecy. The prophet, in Scripture, is the mouthpiece or spokesman of God. He may speak of the past, the present, or the futu...
_(e) Spiritual Gifts (iii) The Gift of Tongues subordinate to Prophecy_ The Apostle in this chapter deals with the abuse of the gift of tongues which characterised the Corinthians, and declares that i...
EVERY ONE OF YOU] The right of taking the lead in public worship was practically unrestrained at Corinth; and the need of regulation is here made very manifest. HATH A PSALM] i.e. to sing (cp. Ephesia...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 14 *PROPHECY AND TONGUES 14:1-40 1. THE EFFECT OF *PROPHECY 14:1-5 V1 Follow the way of love. You should be eager to have the gifts of th...
HOW IS IT THEN, BRETHREN? — From a discussion as to the relative value of the gift of tongue and that of prophecy, the Apostle now turns to practical instructions as to the method of their employment...
CHAPTER 20 SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND PUBLIC WORSHIP Is the first twenty-five verses of this chapter Paul gives his estimate of the comparative value of the two chief spiritual gifts: speaking with tongues...
τί οὖν ἐστίν (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 14:15), ἀδελφοί; “How then stands the case, brothers?” οὖν is widely resumptive, taking in the whole state of the Cor [2143] Church as now reviewed, with esp. ref [21...
§ 48. SELF-CONTROL IN RELIGIOUS EXERCISES. The enquiry of the Cor [2142] as to whether Tongues or Prophecy is the charism more to be coveted is now disposed of. P. supplements his answer by giving in...
ORDER OF CHURCH SERVICES 1 Corinthians 14:26 Again the Apostle sums up his directions in two simple rules: 1. _Let all things be done unto edifying;_ that is, to building up individual character, and...
The apostle now submitted certain gifts to the test of love. Prophesying is desirable because it edifies others. Then as to Tongues. It was a gift that enabled men to speak to God, perhaps in prayer,...
Orderly Worship It seems there was a large group of Christians desiring to participate in the worship. There were apparently several who possessed each of the gifts. Paul knew it was the Lord's will t...
(12) How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. ...
When you come together, &c. St. Paul here settles the rules, which they are to observe in their meetings: one hath a psalm, the Spirit inspiring him with some psalm, or spiritual canticle, whereby to...
“How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a revelation, hath a discourse in a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto e...
(23) If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? (24) But...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_WORDS TO THE LAITY_ ‘How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things he done...
26._What is it then? _He now shows the way in which they may remedy those evils. In the first place, each gift must have its place, but in order and in measure. Farther, the Church must not be taken u...
Two Verses in this Chapter 14 demand a little attention (1 Corinthians 14:1-2 the 3rd and the 6th (1 Corinthians 14:3; 1 Corinthians 14:6). Verse 3 ...
HOW IS IT THEN, BRETHREN?.... Or "what is it brethren?" The Arabic renders it, "what is the sense of my words?" The meaning of what he had said, the drift of his whole discourse; or rather the sense i...
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. Ver. 2...
_How is it then_, (rather, _what a thing is it,_) _brethren?_ This was another disorder among them. _When ye come together_ For the purposes of social worship, in which all hearts should unite, each o...
COME TOGETHER; in public assemblies for instruction and worship. EVERY ONE; one had a psalm to sing; another a doctrine or truth to inculcate; another a discourse to deliver; another an interpretatio...
Chapter 12 has shown the placing of every gift in its own place in the body by the Spirit of God. Chapter 13 insists on love as the pervading influence for unity and peace in the functioning of the bo...
WHAT IS IT THEN, BRETHREN? WHEN YE COME TOGETHER, EACH ONE HATH. PSALM, HATH. TEACHING, HATH. REVELATION, HATH. TONGUE, HATH AN INTERPRETATION. LET ALL THINGS BE DONE UNTO EDIFYING. 'What is it then...
26-33 Religious exercises in public assemblies should have this view; Let all be done to edifying. As to the speaking in an unknown tongue, if another were present who could interpret, two miraculous...
By what followeth in the two next verses, one would think that some of them, in their church meetings, were so absurd, as, being endued with several gifts, they would be using them all together, one s...
What is it then, brethren? [See comment on 1 Corinthians 14:15] _When ye come together, each one hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a revelation, hath a tongue, hath an interpretation. Let all things...
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V let him produce a psalm, a vision, a prayer[385]...
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CONSEQUENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CHURCH MEETING (14:26-33). 'What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretat...
THE USE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN THE GATHERINGS OF GOD'S PEOPLE (14:1-40). Having raised us up to heaven Paul now brings us abruptly back to earth as he continues to advise on the use of spiritual gifts....
1 Corinthians 14:26. WHAT IS IT, THEN, BRETHREN? Does your practice correspond with the principles now expounded and enforced? Nay, WHEN YE COME TOGETHER, EACH ONE [1] HATH A PSALM to “sing in the spi...
WHEN YE COME TOGETHER (οταν συνερχησθε). Present middle subjunctive, repetition, whenever ye come together, in contrast with special case (εαν συνελθη, second aorist subjunctive) in verse 1 Corinth...
CONTENTS: Prophecy and speaking in tongues. The order of the ministry of this gift in the church. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: That is the best and most eligible gift which best an...
What is the subject of this chapter? Does it refer to the constant manner in which worship was conducted in the primitive churches; or does it refer to the manner in which men possessed of secondary g...
WHAT DO I MEAN? Paul looks at the _use_ of gifts from the Spirit, as this relates to the church meetings. WHEN YOU MEET FOR WORSHIP. Compare 1 Corinthians 11:18-20. Each one tried to _get ahead_ of th...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 14:26 WHEN YOU COME TOGETHER. Worship in the early church included A HYMN, A LESSON, A REVELATION, A TONGUE, OR AN INTERPRETATION. The goal of buil
CHAPTER XIV SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER i. He puts prophecy before the gift of tongues, because (_a_) it is of great use in edifying others, and tongues are not, unless some one interpret; (_b_) because...
_How is it then, brethren?_... _Let all things be done unto edifying._ "Every one of you" is, of course, distributive. It is not meant that each one had all these things, but one had one thing, anothe...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 14:1. FOLLOW AFTER.—Taking up the thought of a “way,” 1 Corinthians 12:31; as this whole verse resumes the theme of 12, after the digression or episode of 13 “_Pursue_”...
EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1 _The_ _gift of preaching superior to the gift_ _tongues_. 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1 FOLLOW AFTER CHARITY; literally, _chase; pursue. _The word is one of whi
So Paul exhorts, Follow after love and desire spiritual (1 Corinthians 14:1), But rather, that you may prophecy. We were told to covet earnestly the best gifts. Now, again, he is saying the same thi...
1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Corinthians 12:8; 1 Corinthians 14:12; 1 Corinthians 14:4;...
TALKING IN TONGUES 1 Corinthians 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The need for spiritual guidance in the matter of tongues. The church of today is beset by a group of people who very dogmatically assert t...
What a thing is it, brethren — This was another disorder among them. Every one hath a psalm — That is, at the same time one begins to sing a psalm; another to deliver a doctrine; another to speak in a...
From this verse to the end of the chapter, the apostle lays down particular precepts for the preservation of decency and good order in the church of God; and first he advises, when they came together...