McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
1 Corinthians 14:10
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no kind is without signification.
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no kind is without signification.
Verse 1 Corinthians 14:10. _THERE ARE, IT MAY BE_] ει τυχοι, For example. _SO MANY KINDS OF VOICES_] So many different languages, each of which has its distinct articulation, pronunciation, emphasis,...
THERE ARE IT MAY BE ... - There has been considerable variety in the interpertation of this expression. Rosenmuller renders it, “for the sake of example.” Grotius supposes that Paul meant to indicate...
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)...
IT MAY BE. if (App-118. b) it may be. VOICES. Greek. _phone._ See 1 Corinthians 14:7. IN. App-104. WORLD. App-129. NONE. Greek. _oudeis_. WITHOUT, &C. = dumb. Greek. _aphonos_. See Acts 8:32....
_without signification_ Literally, WITHOUT SOUND, DUMB. Cf. Acts 8:32, and ch. 1 Corinthians 12:1....
ΕἸΣῚΝ אABDEFG. Rec. ἐστιν. [αὐτῶν] after ΟΥ̓ΔῈΝ rec. with E and Peshito. Text אABDFG, Vulg. 10. ΤΟΣΑΥ͂ΤΑ. ‘So many,’ i. e. a certain definite number, how much soever it may be, but _all_ that number...
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...
ΤΟΣΑΎΤΑ (G5118) так много. Здесь обозначает неопределенное, но очень большое количество (Meyer), ΤΎΧΟΙ _aor._ opt. _act. от_ ΤΥΓΧΆΝΩ (G5177) случаться, происходить. Используется в устойчивом выражени...
THERE ARE, IT MAY BE, &C.— _There are, for example, many different languages in the world, and all are significant,_ 1 Corinthians 14:11. _But if I do not understand the language, I shall be, with reg...
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,...
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...
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. IT MAY BE - speaking by conjecture. 'It may chance' (1 Corinthians 15:37). SO MANY - as are...
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...
_(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...
THERE ARE, IT MAY BE, SO MANY KINDS OF VOICES IN THE WORLD. — There are a great many voices or languages in the world, and none of them but has a right meaning when spoken rightly and to the right per...
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...
Speaking of vocal utterance, the Ap. is reminded of the _multitude_ of human dialects; this suggests a further proof of his contention, that there must be a settled and well-observed connexion between...
§ 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...
(4) There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them [is] without signification. (4) He proves that interpretation is necessarily to be joined with the gift of tongues, by...
“There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. 11 Therefore if I know not the force of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian...
(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...
10._None of them dumb _(820) He now speaks in a more general way, for he now takes in the natural voices of animals. He uses the term _dumb _here, to mean _confused _— as opposed to an articulate voic...
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 ...
THERE ARE, IT MAY BE, SO MANY KINDS OF VOICES,.... לשנא, "tongues", or "languages", as the Syriac version renders it; that is, as many as there are nations in the world; there may be seventy of them,...
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them _is_ without signification. Ver. 10. _So many kinds of voices_] Seventy-two material languages, they say....
_There are_ No doubt; _so many kinds of voices_ Or languages; _in the world_ As ye speak; _and none of them is without signification_ To those that are acquainted with them. _Therefore_ Nevertheless;...
NONE OF THEM IS WITHOUT SIGNIFICATION; they all have meaning, and were designed to be understood; each language should therefore be used with those only who understand it....
Public utterance is valueless without clear understanding:...
THERE ARE, IT MAY BE, SO MANY KINDS OF VOICES IN THE WORLD, AND NONE OF THEM IS WITHOUT SIGNIFICATION....
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...
THERE ARE, IT MAY BE, SO MANY KINDS OF VOICES IN THE WORLD, AND NO KIND IS WITHOUT SIGNIFICATION. 'voices' -'a great many kinds of languages in the world' (NASV) 'WITHOUT SIGNIFICATION' -'without m...
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...
_ The whole earth was_ originally _of one language, and of one speech,_ GENESIS 11:1; but upon the building of Babel, GENESIS 11:7, God confounded their languages, so as they did not understand one an...
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'There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no kind is without signification. If then I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him who speaks a barbarian, and he who spe...
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 14:10. THERE ARE SO MANY KINDS OF voices (articulate languages [1]) IN THE WORLD, AND NO _KIND _ IS WITHOUT SIGNIFICATION without definite meaning. [1] In the LXX. this word is so used;...
IT MAY BE (ε τυχο). Condition of fourth class (ε and aorist optative of τυγχανω), if it should happen. Common enough idiom. Cf. τυχον in 1 Corinthians 16:6.WITHOUT SIGNIFICATION (αφωνον). Old adje...
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...
MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. The Bible has been translated into more than 1,500 different languages!!! YET NONE OF THEM IS WITHOUT MEANING. Each of them is used for the purpose of COMMUNICATING with othe...
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...
_There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification._ As a matter of fact, or for example, there are many different languages: no nation is without i...
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...
_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...
Voices - without signification [φ ω ν ω ν - α φ ω ν ω ν]. The translation loses the word - play. So many kinds of voices, and no kind is voiceless. By voices are meant languages....
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...
Here the apostle tells them, That there may probably be as many voices or languages in the world as there are nations; and every nation understands its own language, and commonly no other. Now, says t...