McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries
1 Corinthians 14:13
Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
Wherefore let him that speaketh in a tongue pray that he may interpret.
Verse 1 Corinthians 14:13. _PRAY THAT HE MAY INTERPRET._] Let him who speaks or reads the prophetic declarations in the Old Testament, in that tongue in which they were originally spoken and written,...
PRAY THAT HE MAY INTERPRET - Let him ask of God ability that he may explain it clearly to the church. It would seem probable that the power of speaking foreign languages, and the power of conveying tr...
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)...
WHEREFORE. See 1 Corinthians 8:13. PRAY. App-134....
_pray that he may interpret_ Cf. 1 Corinthians 14:1_; 1 Corinthians 14:5_. This passage may mean (1) pray that he may receive the faculty of interpretation, or (2) pray in such a language as he has th...
ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΈΣΘΩ ἽΝΑ ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΎΗΙ. Cf. 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Corinthians 14:5. This passage may mean (1) pray that he may receive the faculty of interpretation, or (2) pray in such a language as he has the...
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...
ΔΙΌ (G1352) из-за этого, по этой причине, делает вывод из предыдущего обсуждения (BAGD; BD, 235). ΛΑΛΏΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G3956) говорить. Part, в роли _subst._ ΠΡΟΣΕΥΧΈΣΘΩ _praes. imper...
WHEREFORE LET HIM THAT SPEAKETH, &C.— If therefore any of you be fond of speaking languages, by a miraculous power, which he himself was before a stranger to, and which those who have not learnt it ca...
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,...
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. Explain, 'Let him who speaketh with an unknown tongue (in prayer) pray with the purpose that he may interpret.' This...
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...
PRAY THAT HE MAY INTERPRET] i.e. pray for the ability to make known to others the meaning of the impassioned words in which he has poured out his spirit....
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...
IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE. — Better, _in a tongue._ The gift of interpretation would make the gift of tongues useful for the edifying of the Church. This would be an object of unselfish prayer, which God w...
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...
§ 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...
“Wherefore (since thus only can the γλώσσαις λαλῶν edify the church) let him who speaks with a tongue pray that he may interpret”: _cf._ 1 Corinthians 14:5. It appears that the speaker with Tongues in...
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...
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue (h) pray that he may interpret. (h) Pray for the gift of interpretation....
_Pray that he may interpret. In order that he may be rendered more useful to the Church, as the martyrs, who prayed for those particular gifts they saw would be most useful for themselves, or their ne...
“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...
(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...
13._Wherefore let him that speaketh in another tongue _This is an anticipation, by way of reply to a question which might very readily be proposed to him. _“If _any one, therefore, is able to speak a...
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 ...
WHEREFORE LET HIM THAT SPEAKETH IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE,.... The Hebrew, or any other, the gift of speaking with which is bestowed upon him: PRAY THAT HE MAY INTERPRET; that he may have also the gift of...
Wherefore let him that speaketh in an _unknown_ tongue pray that he may interpret. Ver. 13. _Pray that he may interpret_] Pope Innocent III never prayed thus; for he said, that the Church decreed the...
_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...
PRAY THAT HE MAY INTERPRET; either, that God will add to him the gift of interpretation; or, as the context seems rather to require, pray in such a way that he may interpret; namely, by adding interpr...
WHEREFORE, LET HIM THAT SPEAKETH IN AN UNKNOWN TONGUE PRAY THAT HE MAY INTERPRET. The apostle here draws an inference from the lesser to the greater: Likewise lifeless things, though they give forth s...
Public utterance is valueless without clear understanding:...
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...
WHEREFORE LET HIM THAT SPEAKETH IN. TONGUE PRAY THAT HE MAY INTERPRET. 'Wherefore' -the logical conclusion. The only way in which the church can receive such edification from the tongue-speaker, is...
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...
OLBGrk; To INTERPRET here signifieth no more, than to render that intelligible to people, which he first uttereth in an unknown tongue. But what need he _pray_ for that? Hath not every man that can sp...
1 Corinthians 14:13 Therefore G1355 speaks G2980 (G5723) tongue G1100 pray G4336 (G5737) that G2443 interpret...
'Wherefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret.' So if someone does pray in a tongue in the church publicly he should pray that he might interpret, that all may benefit. Otherwi...
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 14:13. WHEREFORE LET HIM THAT SPEAKETH IN A TONGUE PRAY _i.e._ pray ‘in the spirit,' THAT HE MAY INTERPRET not ‘pray for the gift of interpretation' (as most of the old interpreters unde...
LET HIM PRAY THAT HE MAY INTERPRET (προσευχεσθω ινα διερμηνευη). Else he had better cease talking in a tongue....
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...
FOR THE GIFT TO EXPLAIN. This implies more than one gift was possible. _Lipscomb_ says: "Let him pray that he may have the gift of interpreting what he says in the tongue, else he will not profit thos...
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...
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...
_Let him that speaketh._. _. pray that he may interpret._ Paul is here speaking of public prayer, in which one man, even though a layman, inspired by the Holy Spirit, would offer up prayer in an audib...
_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 12:10; 1 Corinthians 12:30; 1 Corinthians 14:27; 1 Corinthians 14:28;...
Pray that he may interpret [π ρ ο σ ε υ χ ε σ θ ω ι ν α δ ι ε ρ μ η ν ε υ η]. Not, pray for the gift of interpretation, but use his unknown tongue in prayer, which, above all other spiritual gifts, wo...
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...
That he may be able to interpret — Which was a distinct gift....
Observe here, How strongly the apostle pleads the necessity for all public worship, particularly preaching or prophesying, praying and singing, to be performed in. language known and understood by all...