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Verse 1 Corinthians 14:14. _FOR IF I PRAY IN AN_ UNKNOWN _TONGUE_] If
my prayers are composed of sentences and sayings taken out of the
prophets, c., and in their own language-_my spirit prayeth_, my...
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FOR IF I PRAY ... - The reference to prayer here, and to singing in 1
Corinthians 14:15, is designed to illustrate the propriety of the
general sentiment which he is defending, that public worship sho...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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THE FALSE AND THE TRUE WORSHIP (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)...
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SPIRIT. App-101.
UNDERSTANDING. Greek. _nous._ Translated seven times "understanding",
seventeen times "mind"....
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_my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful_ The
_afflatus_of the Spirit suggests the words of prayer to the possessor
of the gift. He is conscious that he is fervently addressing the Giver...
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Ὁ ΔῈ ΝΟΥ͂Σ ΜΟΥ ἌΚΑΡΠΌΣ ἘΣΤΙΝ. The
_afflatus_ of the Spirit suggests the words of prayer to the possessor
of the gift. He is conscious that he is fervently addressing the Giver
of all good in a spirit...
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1 Corinthians 14:1-25. THE SUPERIORITY OF THE GIFT OF PROPHECY OVER
THAT OF TONGUES...
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_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...
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BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL.— "My meaning is unprofitable to
others, who understand not my words." See 1 Corinthians 14:4....
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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...
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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,...
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For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my
understanding is unfruitful.
SPIRIT - my higher being, the passive object of the Holy Spirit's
operations, and the instrument of prayer...
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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...
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_(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...
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IS UNFRUITFUL] is of no use to myself or to any one else....
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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...
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FOR IF I PRAY IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE. — Better, _if I pray in a
tongue._ 1 Corinthians 14:14 are expressed in the first person (except
1 Corinthians 14:16, which are a parenthesis), as enforcing the
Apo...
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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...
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The Tongue has been marked out as an inferior charism, because it
_does not edify others_; it is less desirable also because _it does
not turn to account the man's own intelligence_ : “If I pray with...
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§ 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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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(6) For (i) if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my (k) spirit prayeth,
but my understanding is (l) unfruitful.
(6) A reason: because it is not sufficient for us to speak so in the
congregation that we...
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_If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is
without fruit: it may signify without fruit, or profit to others,
though some understand, as if by this gift of tongues, they sometim...
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There is in the state of the glossolalete, who cannot interpret,
something incomplete and insufficient.
The expression: _my Spirit_, is taken, by Heinrici and Holsten, to
denote the Spirit of God acti...
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“Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may
interpret. 14. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my
understanding is unfruitful. 15. What is it then? I will pray with the...
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(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;...
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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...
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14._For if I pray in another tongue. _(827) While this example, too,
serves to confirm what he has previously maintained, it forms, at the
same time, in my opinion, an additional particular. For it is...
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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 ...
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FOR IF I PRAY IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE,.... In the Hebrew tongue, which
the greatest part of the Jewish doctors insisted a upon should be only
used in prayer; which notion might be borrowed from them, and...
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For if I pray in an _unknown_ tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my
understanding is unfruitful.
Ver. 14. _Is unfruitful_] In regard of others' edification. It were a
great grace, said Lambert the martyr...
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_Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue_ Unknown to the
congregation to which he would address himself; _pray that he may
interpret_ That God would give him the gift also of expounding his
discou...
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MY SPIRIT PRAYETH; goeth forth to God in holy and fervent desires, and
is thus edified, verse 1 Corinthians 14:4.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL; according to one view, it bears no
fruit to myself, s...
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Only through the understanding of the hearer does the utterance of the
Spirit result in edification:...
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FOR IF I PRAY IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE, MY SPIRIT PRAYETH, BUT MY
UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL....
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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...
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FOR IF. PRAY IN. TONGUE, MY SPIRIT PRAYETH, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS
UNFRUITFUL.
'For' -'Paul now applies the point..to their..worship by indicating
the specific effect unintelligibility has on gathe...
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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...
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From this and the former verse, the papists would justify the
lawfulness of their Latin service, which none or few of the common
people understand; and they seem to have a little advantage from the
op...
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For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is
unfruitful....
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1 Corinthians 14:14 For G1063 if G1437 pray G4336 (G5741) tongue G1100
my G3450 spirit G4151 prays G4336
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'For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is
unfruitful.'
For praying in a tongue does not benefit the church at all. Indeed,
says Paul, it is not only the church which does no...
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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....
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1 Corinthians 14:14. FOR IF I PRAY IN A TONGUE, MY SPIRIT PRAYETH, BUT
MY UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL ‘my rational intelligence is
unavailing to explain myself to others.'...
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BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS UNFRUITFUL
(ο δε νους μου ακαρπος). My intellect (νους) gets
no benefit (ακαρπος, without fruit) from rhapsodical praying
that may even move my spirit (πνευμα)....
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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...
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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...
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FOR IF I PRAY IN THIS WAY. Paul shows that for worship to be helpful,
and for a sane and sound church life, the _mind_ must work together
with the energies of the (human) _spirit._ In a sense, these n...
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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...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 14:14 The comparison between MY
SPIRIT and MY MIND shows that Paul is not speaking here of the Holy
Spirit but of his own human spirit. “Spirit” in reference to hum...
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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...
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_For if I pray in an unknown tongue my spirit prayeth._ (1.) My spirit
is refreshed; (2.) according to S. Chrysostom, the gift of the Holy
Spirit which is in me prayeth, makes me pray and utter my pra...
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_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_”...
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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
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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...
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1 Corinthians 14:15; 1 Corinthians 14:16; 1 Corinthians 14:19; 1
Corinthians 14:2...
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Spirit [π ν ε υ μ α]. The human spirit, which is moved by the
divine Spirit. See on Romans 8:4.
Understanding [ν ο υ ς]. See on Romans 7:23.
Is unfruitful [α κ α ρ π ο ς ε σ τ ι ν]. Furnishes nothin...
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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...
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If I pray in an unknown tongue — The apostle, as he did at 1
Corinthians 14:6, transfers it to himself. My spirit prayeth — By
the power of the Spirit I understand the words myself. But my
understandi...