Wesley's Explanatory Notes
1 Corinthians 14:9
Unless ye utter by the tongue — Which is miraculously given you. Words easy to be understood — By your hearers. Ye will speak to the air — A proverbial expression. Will utterly lose your labour.
Unless ye utter by the tongue — Which is miraculously given you. Words easy to be understood — By your hearers. Ye will speak to the air — A proverbial expression. Will utterly lose your labour.
Verse 1 Corinthians 14:9. _LIKEWISE YE_] If ye do not speak in the Church so as to be understood, your labour is useless; _ye shall speak into the_ _air_-your speech will be lost and dissipated in the...
SO LIKEWISE YE ... - To apply the case. If you use a foreign language, how shall it be known what is said, or of what use will it be, unless it is made intelligible by interpretation? UTTER BY THE 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)...
SO LIKEWISE YE. So ye also. UTTER. give. WORDS. App-121. EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD. intelligible. Greek. _eusemos._ Only here. INTO. App-104....
_words easy to be understood_ Literally, a WELL MARKED DISCOURSE, language which has a clearly discernible meaning....
ΕΥ̓́ΣΗΜΟΝ. Related to σῆμα, σημεῖον. Literally, WELL MARKED, i.e. intelligible. ἜΣΕΣΘΕ … ΛΑΛΟΥ͂ΝΤΕΣ. Not precisely equivalent to λαλήσετε. The condition of the persons rather than the nature of the a...
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...
ΟΫΤΩΣ ΚΑΊ (G3779; G2532) и также. Теперь он приводит пример, ΕΎΣΗΜΟΣ (G2154) понятный, ясно.выраженный. Adv. использовалось в папирусах в _знач._ "удобочитаемый" "ясный" (MM; Preisigke, 1:621). ΔΏΤΕ...
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,...
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. SO LIKEWISE YE - who have life, as opposed to thin...
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...
14:9 ye (a-8) Or 'ye, unless by means of the tongue, ye,' &c. In either case 'tongue' means the language he spoke, not the organ of speech....
_(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...
BY THE TONGUE] i.e. with your tongue, the instrument of speech. 10, 11. KINDS OF VOICES] i.e. languages. Barbarian] i.e. foreigner....
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...
SO LIKEWISE YE. — This is not the application of the foregoing, but the introduction of a third illustration, viz., the varieties of human language. The “tongue” here is simply the actual organ of spe...
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...
enforces the twofold illustration of 1 Corinthians 14:7 f.: “So also in your case (οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς), if through the tongue you do not give a word of clear signification (εὔσημον λόγον), how will that...
§ 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...
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words (f) easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. (f) That fitly utter the matter itself....
“So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue distinct speech, how shall it be known what is spoken, for ye shall speak into the air?” Those who, like Hofmann, already find in 1 Corinthians 14:9 an e...
(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 ...
SO LIKEWISE YOU, UNLESS YE UTTER BY THE TONGUE WORDS EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD,.... This is an accommodation of the foregoing similes to the case in hand: for as unless there is a distinction of notes and...
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. Ver. 9. _Ye shall speak into the air_] You shall lose...
_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...
EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD; better, as the margin, significant, that is, to the hearers. SPEAK INTO THE AIR; your words shall be thrown away. All the services in public worship should be in language under...
Public utterance is valueless without clear understanding:...
SO LIKEWISE YE, EXCEPT YE UTTER BY THE TONGUE WORDS EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD, HOW SHALL IT BE KNOWN WHAT IS SPOKEN? FOR YE SHALL SPEAK INTO THE AIR....
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...
EASY: _ Gr._ Significant...
SO ALSO YE, UNLESS YE UTTER BY THE TONGUE SPEECH EASY TO UNDERSTOOD, HOW SHALL IT BE KNOWN WHAT IS SPOKEN? FOR YE WILL BE SPEAKING INTO THE AIR. 'So also ye' -'In the same way' (Beck); 'You too must...
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...
OLBGrk; By logon eushmon is meant words which signify well to those that hear them; for words may be significant enough in themselves, yet nothing at all significant to them that hear them, being unle...
So also ye, unless ye utter by the tongue speech easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye will be speaking into the air....
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me." And, "Let hi...
1 Corinthians 14:9 So G3779 likewise G2532 you G5210 unless G3362 utter G1325 (G5632) by G1223 tongue G1100
'So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech easy to understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you will be speaking into the air.' The same is true of speaking to the church. Unless...
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 14:9. SO ALSO YE, UNLESS YE UTTER BY THE TONGUE SPEECH EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD, HOW SHALL IT BE KNOWN WHAT IS SPOKEN? FOR YE WILL BE SPEAKING INTO THE AIR ‘speaking to no one' (as “beating...
UNLESS YE UTTER SPEECH EASY TO BE UNDERSTOOD (εαν μη ευσημον λογον δωτε). Condition of third class again (εαν and aorist subjunctive). Ευσημον (ευ, well, σημα, sign) is old word, here only in N.T.,...
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...
IN THE SAME WAY. The most important message from God will mean nothing if it is spoken in a strange tongue which no one can understand, not even the one who speaks it. This also applies to "old fashio...
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...
_So likewise ye_... _how shall it be known what is spoken._ For the tongue is the stamp, the image, the index, and messenger of the mind. As Aristotle says (_Peri Hermen_. lib. ii.), "words are signs...
_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 14:19; 1 Corinthians 9:26...
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...