Verse 1 Corinthians 14:16. _HE THAT OCCUPIETH THE ROOM OF THE UNLEARNED_] One who is not acquainted with the language in which you speak, sing, or pray. _SAY AMEN_] Give his assent and ratification...
ELSE - (Ἐπεί Epei). Since; if this is not done; if what is said is not intelligible, how shall the unlearned be able appropriately to express his assent, and join in your devotions? WHEN THOU SHALT...
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)...
WHEN. if. App-118. OCCUPIETH. fills up. Greek. _anapleroo_. Here, 1 Corinthians 16:17; Matthew 13:14.Galatians 1:6;...
_Else when thou shalt bless_ A further argument Even your prayers and thanksgivings are useless, for none can respond to them. Some commentators, e.g. Dean Stanley, have supposed the Eucharistic bless...
1 Corinthians 14:1-25. THE SUPERIORITY OF THE GIFT OF PROPHECY OVER THAT OF TONGUES...
ΕΥ̓ΛΟΓΗ͂Σ אABDE. Rec. εὐλογήσῃς FG Vulg. and most copies of the Vetus Lat. 16. ἘΠΕῚ ἘΆΝ. Not ‘else when,’ as A.V., but ‘since if,’ a further extension of the argument. ‘If what I have urged be carrie...
_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...
ΕΎΛΟΓΗΣ _praes. conj. act. 2 pers. sing. от_ ΕΎΛΟΓΈΩ (G2127) хорошо отзываться, благословлять, благодарить. _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1530) в _conj._ 3 типа, предполагающем возможность условия, ΆΝΑΠΛΗΡΏΝ _prae...
HE THAT OCCUPIETH, &C.— Or, _he that is one of the unlearned._ Dr. Heylin reads, _How shall a hearer, who knows only his own tongue, say,_ &c....
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Proving by Tongues (1 Corinthians 14:13-25) 13 Therefore, he who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret. 14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays b...
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,...
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? ELSE, WHEN THOU. H...
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...
BLESS.. GIVING OF THANKS] Probably no special reference to the Eucharist. It is clear that public worship was largely at least extempore. EVERY MEMBER WHO WAS moved to do so, contributed to the edific...
_(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...
ELSE WHEN THOU SHALT BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT. — In this and the following verse the Apostle speaks in the second person, for they refer, not to his practice, but to that of some in Corinth. Their conduc...
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...
§ 46. THE ΝΟΥΣ THE NEEDED ALLY OF THE ΠΝΕΥΜΑ. In § 44 the Ap. has insisted on _edification_ as the end and mark of God's gifts to His Church, and in § 45 on _intelligibility_ as a condition necessary...
“Since if thou bless (God) in spirit”: πνευματι, anarthrous “in _spirit_ ” _only_ without understanding; _cf._ ἐὰν προσεύχ. γλώσσῃ, 1 Corinthians 14:14. Εὐλογέω (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 10:16; Matt
UNDERSTANDING PROMOTES EDIFYING 1 Corinthians 14:13 The Apostle here gives two practical directions, in order to restore the rule of the understanding above the babble of incoherent sounds, which wa...
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,...
Desire That Which Builds Up the Church Thus, Paul urged the Corinthian brethren to desire the spiritual gifts that would be most useful. Particularly, he urged them to desire those gifts which would b...
(7) Else when thou shalt bless with the (n) spirit, how shall he that (o) occupieth the room of the unlearned say (p) Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? (7) A...
How shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned (literally, an idiot) say Amen to thy blessing? When persons speak, or pray, and the ignorant have had no instruction concerning such prayers, they...
“Since, if thou blessest in spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the stranger say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? 17. For thou verily givest than...
(16) Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? (17) For thou ver...
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...
16_Else, if thou wilt bless with the spirit. _Hitherto he has been showing, that the prayers of every one of us will be vain and unfruitful, if the understanding does not go along with the voice. He n...
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 ...
ELSE WHEN THOU SHALL BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT,.... Which must be understood of giving thanks to God, not in a private way, in the family and at meals, but in a public manner before the whole congregation...
Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? Ver. 16. _Say Amen_]...
_What is it then?_ What is my duty in these circumstances? What must I do when the Spirit moves me to pray in the church in an unknown tongue? Why this: _I will pray with the Spirit_ Under his influen...
BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT; praise God in language which others do not understand....
ELSE WHEN THOU SHALT BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT, HOW SHALL HE THAT OCCUPIES THE ROOM OF THE UNLEARNED SAY AMEN AT THY GIVING OF THANKS, SEEING HE UNDERSTANDETH NOT WHAT THOU SAYEST?...
Only through the understanding of the hearer does the utterance of the Spirit result in edification:...
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...
15-25 There can be no assent to prayers that are not understood. A truly Christian minister will seek much more to do spiritual good to men's souls, than to get the greatest applause to himself. This...
ELSE WHEN THOU SHALT BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT: blessing is expounded in the latter part of the verse, _giving of thanks_ to God, which is either in prayer, (for thanksgiving is a part of prayer), or in s...
Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he knoweth not what thou sayest?...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I , which we pronounce in concert.[177]...
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'Else if you bless with the spirit, how shall he who fills the place of the unlearned say the Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing that he does not know what you are saying? For you truly give thanks...
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 14:16. ELSE IF THOU SHALT BLESS probably the Eucharistic blessing, though equally applicable to blessing at any meal (see Acts 27:35), WITH THE SPIRIT speaking the blessing in an unknown...
ELSE IF THOU BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT (επε εαν ευλογηις εν πνευματ). Third class condition. He means that, if one is praying and praising God (1 Corinthians 10:16) in an ecstatic prayer, the one who do...
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...
HOW CAN AN ORDINARY MAN? This shows: (1) it was _standard practice_ for the people in a public meeting of the church to say "Amen!"; (2) there were ordinary members who did not have the gifts from the...
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...
_Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit_, &c. To bless here is to praise God with heart and mouth. S. Thomas understands it of the public blessing of the people; so also do Primasius, Haymo, and S...
_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 Chronicles 16:36; 1 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Corinthians 11:24; 1 Corinthians 14:14;...
The place [τ ο ν τ ο π ο ν]. Some explain of a particular seat in the assembly. Rather it expresses the condition of those who are unintelligent as regards the utterance in an unknown tongue. The unle...
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...
Otherwise how shall he that filleth the place of a private person — That is, any private hearer. Say Amen — Assenting and confirming your words, as it was even then usual for the whole congregation to...
Our apostle still goes on, arguing, that public prayers ought to be made in. language understood by them that pray. His argument is this: The heart ought to consent to, and agree with, the supplicati...