McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
1 Corinthians 14:37
If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.
If any man thinketh himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write unto you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.
Verse 37. _IF ANY MAN THINK HIMSELF TO BE A PROPHET_, c.] He who is really a _spiritual_ man, under the influence of the Spirit of God, and capable of _teaching_ the Divine will, he will acknowledge t...
IF ANY MAN THINK HIMSELF TO BE A PROPHET - See the note at 1 Corinthians 14:1. If any man claim to be divinely endowed. Macknight renders it, “be really a prophet.” But the more correct meaning here i...
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,...
Let women keep silent in the congregation, for it is not permitted to them to speak, but let them be in subjection even as the law says. If they wish to learn about anything, let them question their h...
THE FALSE AND THE TRUE WORSHIP (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)...
ACKNOWLEDGE. App-132. _ THE_. All the texts omit. LORD. App-98....
_If any man think himself to be a prophet_ Since there were many appointed teachers (see ch. 1 Corinthians 12:28-29) who were not prophets, the test of the prophetic character was not ordination, but...
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...
ἘΣΤῚΝ ἘΝΤΟΛΉ. So Lachmann and Tregelles, and Westcott and Hort, with אAB. Tischendorf omits ἐντολή with DEFG, most copies of the Vetus Lat. and Origen. Rec. reads εἰσὶν ἐντολαί with Vulg. Peshito. 37....
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...
ΔΟΚΕΪ́ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΚΈΩ (G1380) предполагать, с _inf._ Ind. в _conj._ 1 типа, предполагающем, что условие истинно, ΕΊΝΑΙ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть, ΈΠΙΓΙΝΩΣΚΈΤΩ _praes. imp...
OR SPIRITUAL,— The _spiritual man,_ in St. Paul's sense, in this place, is one who founds his knowledge in what is revealed by the Spirit of God, and not in the bare discoveries of his natural reason...
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...
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. PROPHET - the species. SPIRITUAL - the genus: s...
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...
SPIRITUAL] i.e. possessing spiritual gifts. LET HIM ACKNOWLEDGE] If their claim to have the Spirit is true, they will recognise the authority of these regulations. THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD] cp. 1...
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...
IF ANY MAN THINK HIMSELF... — The best evidence of the possession of these gifts would be that their conduct was the very opposite of what they seemed to think the possession of these gifts should mak...
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...
§ 49. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS ON CHURCH ORDER. In 1 Corinthians 14:34 ff. P. returns to the matter which he first touched upon in reproving the disorderly Church life at Cor [2180], _viz_., the irregular b...
ἃ γράφω ὑμῖν, in the apodosis, includes, beside the last particular (1 Corinthians 14:34 ff.), the other instructions of this Ep.; προφήτης and πνευματικὸς in the protasis recall esp. the directions o...
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,...
Paul's Appeal To God's Order The brethren at Corinth were acting as if God's word was revealed only to them and they could tell everyone else how to act. Actually, Paul had brought them the word. Thos...
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or (u) spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. (u) Skilful in knowing and judging spiritual th...
Did the word of God first come out from you? This he says, to check these new preachers, by putting them in mind, that they are not the first, nor the only Christians, and so must conform themselves t...
The term δοκεῖ εἶναι, _thinks himself to be_, denotes a claim true or false. We must not give to the word πνευματικός, _spiritual_, hence _inspired_, too restricted a sense, according to which it woul...
“Or, indeed, came the Word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? 37. If any man think himself to be a prophet, or inspired, let him acknowledge that what I write unto you is from the Lord. 38...
(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...
37._If any one thinks himself. _Mark here the judgment, which he had previously assigned to the Prophets — that they should receive what they recognised as being from God. He does not, however, desire...
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 ...
IF ANY MAN THINK HIMSELF TO BE A PROPHET,.... Or "seems to be a prophet", and is really one; for the apostle does not so much design to strike at the pride, vanity, and appearances of false prophets,...
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. Ver. 37. _The commandment_] And therefore to be obe...
_What! came the word of God out from you?_ Are ye of Corinth, the first church in the world, by whose example all others should be modelled? _Or came it unto you only?_ Are you the only Christian soci...
PROPHET, OR SPIRITUAL; under the special guidance of the Holy Ghost, and qualified to judge in such matters. LET HIM ACKNOWLEDGE; if he does not, it will show that he does not think right. Spiritually...
Final regulations:...
IF ANY MAN THINK HIMSELF TO BE A PROPHET OR SPIRITUAL, LET HIM ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE THINGS THAT I WRITE UNTO YOU ARE THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD....
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...
IF ANY MAN THINKETH HIMSELF TO BE. PROPHET, OR SPIRITUAL, LET HIM TAKE KNOWLEDGE OF THE THINGS WHICH. WRITE UNTO YOU, THAT THEY ARE THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD. 'If any man thinketh himself' -'If an...
34-40 When the apostle exhorts Christian women to seek information on religious subjects from their husbands at home, it shows that believing families ought to assemble for promoting spiritual knowle...
If there be any amongst you who hath a conceit that he is inspired by God, and from that inspiration understandeth the mind and will of God, he must acknowledge, that I also am an apostle, and know th...
1 Corinthians 14:37 anyone G1536 himself G1380 (G5719) be G1511 (G5750) prophet G4396 or G2228 spiritual...
'If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him take knowledge of the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord. But if any man is ignorant, let him be i...
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 14:37. [1] IF ANY MAN THINKETH HIMSELF TO BE A PROPHET, OR SPIRITUAL (spiritually gifted), LET HIM (shew it by being ready to) ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE THINGS THAT I WRITE UNTO YOU ARE THE C...
THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD (Κυριου εντολη). The prophet or the one with the gift of tongues or the disturbing woman would be quick to resent the sharp words of Paul. He claims inspiration for his...
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...
HE MUST REALIZE. Paul was an inspired apostle. Whoever claims to have the gifts from the Spirit, and does not pay attention to the New Testament commands, proves himself to be a phony!...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 14:37 A COMMAND OF THE LORD. When he wrote to the churches, Paul’s words as an apostle had authority equal to the OT Scriptures (see also...
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...
_If any man think himself to be a prophet_, &c. It is the Lord who commands this order to be observed in your assemblies, by my mouth, not directly by Himself. This verse is an authority for canons p...
_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 13:1; 1 Corinthians 7:25; 1 Corinthians 7:40; 1 Corinthians 8:2;...
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...
Or spiritual — Endowed with any extraordinary gift of the Spirit. Let him — Prove it, by acknowledging that I now write by the Spirit....