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Verse 18. _I SPEAK WITH TONGUES MORE THAN YE ALL_] He understood more
languages than any of them did: and this was indispensably necessary,
as he was the apostle of the Gentiles in general, and had t...
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I THANK MY GOD - Paul here shows that he did not undervalue or despise
the power of speaking foreign languages. It was with him a subject of
thanksgiving that he could speak so many; but he felt that...
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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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THANK. Same as "give thanks", 1 Corinthians 14:17.
I SPEAK. speaking (as. do)....
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_I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all_ St Paul, no
doubt, had the gift of interpretation. Yet apparently he did not often
exercise in public, whatever he may have done in private, th...
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ΓΛΏΣΣΗΙ ΛΑΛΩ͂. So אDEFG, Vetus Lat. Vulg. B and Peshito
have γλώσσαις λαλῶ. A has γλώσσῃ, and omits
λαλῶ. Rec. γλώσσαις λαλῶν.
18. ΠΆΝΤΩΝ ὙΜΩ͂Ν ΜΑ͂ΛΛΟΝ. St Paul, no doubt, had
the gift of interpretat...
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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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ΜΆΛΛΟΝ (G3123) _adv._ больше, с последующим
_gen._ сравнения в _знач._ "более чем"
ΛΑΛΏ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить....
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I SPEAK WITH TONGUES MORE, &C.— The occasion shews, that the Apostle
considered this acquirement as a spiritual gift; and his using the
present time shews that he spoke of it as then in his possession...
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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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I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
TONGUES. So B. But 'Aleph (') G f g, Vulgate, have the singular, 'in
a (tongue) foreign.'...
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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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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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I THANK MY GOD. — Here the Apostle resumes in the first person,
coming back, after the parenthesis, to the continuation of his own
desire and example. He does not undervalue that gift the misuse and
e...
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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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Again (_cf._ 6, 1 Corinthians 4:6; 1 Corinthians 4:9) the Ap. uses
_himself_ for an instance in point. Even at Cor [2105], where this
charism was abundant, no one “speaks with tongues” (mark the pl
[2...
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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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(8) I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
(8) He sets himself as an example, both that they may be ashamed of
their foolish ambition, and also that he may avoid all suspicion of
envy...
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“I thank God, I speak in tongues more than ye all; 19. yet in the
Church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I
might teach others also, than ten thousand words in tongues.”
The a...
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(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...
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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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18._I thank, _etc. As there are many that detract from another’s
excellencies, in which they cannot themselves have distinction, Paul,
that he might not seem to depreciate, through malignity or envy,...
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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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I THANK MY GOD, I SPEAK WITH TONGUES MORE THAN YOU ALL. This the
apostle says, to observe to them that he did not despise speaking with
tongues: nor did he endeavour to beat them off, and dissuade the...
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I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
Ver. 18. _I thank my God, &c._] Skill in tongues is, as now, a great
blessing. Indeed at first when men began θεομαχειν, to fight
against God, t...
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_I thank my God_, &c. As if he had said, I do not speak thus of
foreign languages because I myself am deficient in them, for I must
say, to the glory of that Being from whom all my gifts and talents a...
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Only through the understanding of the hearer does the utterance of the
Spirit result in edification:...
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I THANK MY GOD, I SPEAK WITH TONGUES MORE THAN YE ALL;...
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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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1 CORINTHIANS 14:18. THANK GOD,. SPEAK WITH TONGUES MORE THAN YOU ALL:
'I do not underrate the gift of tongues;. myself possess the gift in
the highest degree.' (Erdman pp. 145-146)
'I THANK GOD' -f...
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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...
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Our Saviour, in the parable of the good shepherd, gives us this as his
character, that the sheep hear his voice, and follow him, 1
THESSALONIANS 10:4; and we shall observe this great apostle every
whe...
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I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all:...
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1 Corinthians 14:18 thank G2168 (G5719) my G3450 God G2316 speak G2980
(G5723) tongues G1100 than G3123
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'I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all. Howbeit in the
church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I
might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue....
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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 14:18. I THANK GOD, I SPEAK WITH TONGUES MORE THAN YE
ALL: YET IN THE CHURCH I HAD RATHER SPEAK FIVE WORDS WITH MY
UNDERSTANDING so as to be understood by others (see on 1 Corinthians
14...
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MORE THAN YOU ALL
(παντων υμων μαλλον). Ablative case after
μαλλον. Astonishing claim by Paul that doubtless had a fine
effect....
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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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I SPEAK IN STRANGE TONGUES. Even at Corinth where this gift of tongues
was widespread, Paul could still _outdo_ them! What he said about
tongues was not out of jealousy!...
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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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_I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all._ The Latin
rendering is, "I speak with the tongues of you all," which suggests
the question, What could be S. Paul's meaning in this, since ther...
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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 1:4; 1 Corinthians 4:7...
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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...