John Trapp Complete Commentary
1 Corinthians 14:8
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Ver. 8. For if the trumpet] Similes are excellent for illustration, and must be fetched from things familiar.
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
Ver. 8. For if the trumpet] Similes are excellent for illustration, and must be fetched from things familiar.
Verse 1 Corinthians 14:8. _IF THE TRUMPET GIVE AN UNCERTAIN SOUND_] If, when the soldier should prepare himself for the battle, the trumpet should give a different sound to that which is ordinarily u...
FOR IF THE TRUMPET GIVE AN UNCERTAIN SOUND - The trumpet was used commonly in war. It is a well-known wind instrument, and was made of brass, silver, etc. It was used for various purposes in war - to...
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...
1 CORINTHIANS 14. PROPHECY AND SPEAKING WITH TONGUES, THEIR RELATIVE VALUE AND THEIR PLACE IN THE CHURCH GATHERING. Paul now comes to the direct comparison between the two types of ecstatic speech on...
Pursue this love. Covet the spiritual things, especially the gift of forthtelling the truth to others. For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one can understand. By the...
THE FALSE AND THE TRUE WORSHIP (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)...
UNCERTAIN. Greek. _adelos._ Only here and Luke 11:44 (appear not). TO THE BATTLE. for (Greek. _eis_. App-104.) war....
_For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound_ An _indistinct_sound, that which conveys no clear impression to the mind. The muster, the charge, the rally, the retreat, are each indicated by a definite...
ἌΔΗΛΟΝ ΦΩΝΉΝ. A sound _not distinguishable_, that which conveys no clear impression to the mind. The muster, the charge, the rally, the retreat, are each indicated by a definite order of musical inter...
1 Corinthians 14:1-25. THE SUPERIORITY OF THE GIFT OF PROPHECY OVER THAT OF TONGUES...
_TONGUES MUST BE PROPERLY INTERPRETED -- 1 CORINTHIANS 14:6-19:_ What good would it do speak in a language that the church could not understand? It would do no good for Paul to speak without giving th...
ΆΔΗΛΟΣ (G82) неясный, неточный, неотличимый, ΣΆΛΠΙΓΞ (G4536) труба использовалась в армии для передачи приказов (ВВС), ΔΦ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать (_см._ 1 Corinthians 14:7). ΠΑΡΑ...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 1 Preaching by Prophecy (1 Corinthians 14:1-12) 14 Make love your aim, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. 2For one who speaks in a...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 14:1-19. Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. 2 For he that speaketh in a tongue speaketh not unto men,...
For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? Translate, 'For if also:' an additional step in the argument. UNCERTAIN SOUND - without definite meaning. It o...
11 The time came when the apostle admonished and taught in order that he should present every man _ mature _ in Christ (Col_1:28). Epaphras struggled in prayers that they should stand mature and compl...
_(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...
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...
FOR IF THE TRUMPET GIVE AN UNCERTAIN SOUND. — Not only has each instrument its own sound, but in each instrument there is a distinction of notes. If a trumpet does not clearly sound the advance when i...
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...
To the _pipe_ and _harp_, adornments of peace, P. adds for further illustration (καὶ γάρ) the warlike _trumpet_. This ruder instrument furnishes a stronger example: varied signals can be given by its...
§ 45. UTTERANCE USELESS WITHOUT CLEAR SENSE. P. has just asked what the Cor [2034] would think of him, if in their present need he came exhibiting his power as a speaker with Tongues, but without a wo...
THE GIFT OF “PROPHESYING” 1 Corinthians 14:1 The word _prophesy_ is used here, as so largely in Scripture, not in the limited sense of foretelling the future, but of pouring forth heaven-given speech...
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,...
One Must Be Able to Discern To Learn If the people in the assembly could not learn from what was said, what good was the sound? Even in musical sound, there must be a distinct sound made in order to...
“Even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds..., how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8. For, also, if the trumpet give an uncer...
(1) Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. (2) For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him;...
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...
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 ...
FOR IF THE TRUMPET GIVE AN UNCERTAIN SOUND,.... That is not plain and manifest, so as that it cannot be known on what account it is given: WHO SHALL PREPARE HIMSELF TO THE BATTLE? the allusion is to...
_And even_ Greek, ομως, _in like manner_, (the word, it seems, being here used for ομοιως, as it sometimes is by the poets, see Beza and Macknight,) _things without life_ Inanimate things; _whether pi...
AN UNCERTAIN SOUND; the meaning of which is not understood....
Public utterance is valueless without clear understanding:...
FOR IF THE TRUMPET GIVE AN UNCERTAIN SOUND, WHO SHALL PREPARE HIMSELF TO THE BATTLE?...
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...
FOR IF THE TRUMPET GIVE AN UNCERTAIN VOICE, WHO SHALL PREPARE HIMSELF FOR WAR? 'uncertain voice' -'an indistinct sound' (NASV) 'There were sound patterns made on the trumpet which called people to a...
6-14 Even an apostle could not edify, unless he spoke so as to be understood by his hearers. To speak words that have no meaning to those who hear them, is but speaking into the air. That cannot answ...
The trumpet is made use of in battles, and that variously; it is used to give soldiers notice to march on against the enemy, and also to sound a retreat: if there were not a distinction in the one sou...
For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for war?...
Origen Commentary on John Book VI " Heracleon, discussing John and the prophets, says, somewhat slanderously, that "the Word is the Saviour; the voice, that in the wilderness which John interpreted; t...
1 Corinthians 14:8 For G1063 G2532 if G1437 trumpet G4536 makes G1325 (G5632) uncertain G82 sound G5456 wh
'For if the trumpet give an uncertain voice, who shall prepare himself for battle?' The same is true of the war trumpet as is true of musical instruments. Different ways in which it is sounded indica...
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 14:8. FOR IF THE TRUMPET GIVE AN UNCERTAIN SOUND, WHO SHALL PREPARE HIMSELF FOR THE BATTLE? [1] Since in all ages the advance and retreat of armies have been directed by sound of trumpet...
AN UNCERTAIN VOICE (αδηλον φωνην). Old adjective (α privative, δηλος, manifest). In N.T. only here and Luke 11:44. Military trumpet (σαλπιγξ) is louder than pipe or harp.SHALL PREPARE HIMSELF (παρ...
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...
THE BUGLE. Armies in all ages have been directed by the sound of a bugle. But the loudest blast means nothing, if it does not _communicate_ something which the hearers can understand!...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 14:6 Paul uses several illustrations to show that speaking in tongues without interpretation does not strengthen the faith of anyone other than the speaker; such ed...
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...
Amos 3:6; Ephesians 6:11; Isaiah 27:13; Job 39:24; Job 39:25;...
The trumpet [σ α λ π ι γ ξ]. Properly, a war - trumpet. Sound [φ ω ν η ν]. Rev., much better, voice, preserving the distinction between the mere sound of the trumpet and the modulated notes. The case...
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...
Who will prepare himself for the battle — Unless he understand what the trumpet sounds? suppose a retreat or a march....