Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Corinthians 14:28
If he hath a mind to use this gift, he may use it to God, who understands all languages, by himself; but let him keep silence in the assembly of Christians, where he is not understood.
If he hath a mind to use this gift, he may use it to God, who understands all languages, by himself; but let him keep silence in the assembly of Christians, where he is not understood.
Verse 28. _BUT IF THERE BE NO INTERPRETER_] If there be none present who can give the proper sense of this Hebrew reading and speaking, then let him keep silence, and not occupy the time of the Church...
BUT IF THERE BE NO INTERPRETER - If there be no one present who has the gift of interpretation. AND LET HIM SPEAK TO HIMSELF AND TO GOD - See the note at 1 Corinthians 14:2, note at 1 Corinthians 14:4...
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,...
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...
THE FALSE AND THE TRUE WORSHIP (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)...
INTERPRETER. Greek. _di_ erme _n_ eutes. Only here....
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...
_in the church_ These words imply that the utterance was to be reserved until the speaker found himself in private, since in the Church it could only serve for an opportunity of useless display....
ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΤΉΣ אAE. ἑρμηνευτής Lachmann, Tregelles, with B. 28. ἘΝ ἘΚΚΛΗΣΊΑΙ. These words imply that the utterance was to be reserved until the speaker found himself in private, since in the Church it...
REGULATIONS TO INSURE DECENCY AND ORDER...
_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...
Η _praes. conj. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. _Conj._ в _conj._ 3 типа, где условие считается возможным, ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΤΉΣ (G1328) переводчик, толкователь, ΣΙΓΆΤΩ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΣΙΓΆΩ (G4601) молч...
BUT, IF THERE BE NO INTERPRETER,— The miracle which conferred the gift of tongues, seems to have been the instantaneous impressing on the mind the familiar and perfect knowledge of a language, with wh...
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...
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...
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. LET HIM - the speaker in unknown tongues. SPEAK TO HIMSELF, AND TO GOD (cf. ; ) - pr...
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...
SPEAK TO HIMSELF, AND TO GOD] i.e. use this gift at home, not in public worship....
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...
BUT IF THERE BE NO INTERPRETER. — But if there be no one with the gift of interpreting, then the speaker with tongues was not to exercise his gift publicly at all; he may only exercise his gift in pri...
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...
The maxim πρὸς τ. οἰκοδομὴν κ. τ. λ. is applied to Tongues and Prophecy, as the two main competing gifts: “Whether any one speaks with a tongue (let them speak: _sc_. λαλείτωσαν) to the number of two...
§ 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...
“If any man speak in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and each in his course; and let one interpret. 28. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the Church; and let...
(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...
28._Let him speak to himself and to God _“Let him enjoy,” says he, “his gift in his own conscience, and let him give thanks to God.” For in this way I explain the expression to _speak to himself and t...
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 ...
BUT IF THERE BE NO INTERPRETER,.... None that has the gift of interpretation of divers tongues, and he that speaks with them has not that, which was sometimes the case: LET HIM KEEP SILENCE IN THE CH...
But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. Ver. 28. _Let him keep silence_] Such as stuff their sermons with Greek and Latin are her...
_If any man speak_ That is, be moved to speak; _in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or, at the most, three_ Let not above two or three speak at one meeting; _and that by course_ That is, one after...
LET HIM; who can speak only in an unknown tongue. SPEAK TO HIMSELF; in silent meditation and prayer, but not utter in public what his hearers will not understand. Unless a minister speak in a language...
The practical application of these truths in public worship:...
BUT IF THERE BE NO INTERPRETER, LET HIM KEEP SILENCE IN THE CHURCH; AND LET HIM SPEAK TO HIMSELF AND TO GOD....
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...
BUT IF THERE BE NO INTERPRETER, LET HIM KEEP SILENCE IN THE CHURCH; AND LET HIM SPEAK TO HIMSELF, AND TO GOD. 'if there be no interpreter' -implying that the tongue-speakers were required to know ahe...
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...
but if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God....
1 Corinthians 14:28 But G1161 if G3362 is G5600 (G5753) no G3362 interpreter G1328 silent G4601 (G5720
'If any man speaks in a tongue, let it be by two, or at the most three, and that in turn; and let one interpret. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church, and let him speak t...
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 14:28. BUT IF THERE BE NO INTERPRETER, LET HIM KEEP SILENCE IN THE CHURCH: AND LET HIM SPEAK TO HIMSELF, AND TO GOD in the way explained on 1 Corinthians 14:4....
BUT IF THERE BE NO INTERPRETER (εαν δε μη η διερμηνευτης). Third class condition. Earliest known instance and possibly made by Paul from verb in verse 1 Corinthians 14:27. Reappears in Byzantine gr...
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...
BUT IF NO ONE IS THERE WHO CAN EXPLAIN. In such a case, those who speak in strange tongues are to keep quiet. This, of course, applies to their speaking in tongues, not to the other parts of the worsh...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 14:28 AND SPEAK TO HIMSELF AND TO GOD means the speaker would use the gift of tongues privately in prayer....
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...
_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...
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...
Let him speak — That tongue, if he find it profitable to himself in his private devotions....