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Verse 1 Corinthians 14:16. _HE THAT OCCUPIETH THE ROOM OF THE
UNLEARNED_] One who is not acquainted with the language in which you
speak, sing, or pray.
_SAY AMEN_] Give his assent and ratification...
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ELSE - (Ἐπεί Epei). Since; if this is not done; if what is
said is not intelligible, how shall the unlearned be able
appropriately to express his assent, and join in your devotions?
WHEN THOU SHALT...
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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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WHEN. if. App-118.
OCCUPIETH. fills up. Greek. _anapleroo_. Here, 1 Corinthians 16:17;
Matthew 13:14.Galatians 1:6;...
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_Else when thou shalt bless_ A further argument Even your prayers and
thanksgivings are useless, for none can respond to them. Some
commentators, e.g. Dean Stanley, have supposed the Eucharistic
bless...
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1 Corinthians 14:1-25. THE SUPERIORITY OF THE GIFT OF PROPHECY OVER
THAT OF TONGUES...
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ΕΥ̓ΛΟΓΗ͂Σ אABDE. Rec. εὐλογήσῃς FG Vulg. and most
copies of the Vetus Lat.
16. ἘΠΕῚ ἘΆΝ. Not ‘else when,’ as A.V., but ‘since
if,’ a further extension of the argument. ‘If what I have urged be
carrie...
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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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ΕΎΛΟΓΗΣ _praes. conj. act. 2 pers. sing. от_ ΕΎΛΟΓΈΩ
(G2127) хорошо отзываться, благословлять,
благодарить. _Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1530) в _conj._ 3
типа, предполагающем возможность
условия,
ΆΝΑΠΛΗΡΏΝ _prae...
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HE THAT OCCUPIETH, &C.— Or, _he that is one of the unlearned._ Dr.
Heylin reads, _How shall a hearer, who knows only his own tongue,
say,_ &c....
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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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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?
ELSE, WHEN THOU. H...
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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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BLESS.. GIVING OF THANKS] Probably no special reference to the
Eucharist. It is clear that public worship was largely at least
extempore. EVERY MEMBER WHO WAS moved to do so, contributed to the
edific...
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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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ELSE WHEN THOU SHALT BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT. — In this and the
following verse the Apostle speaks in the second person, for they
refer, not to his practice, but to that of some in Corinth. Their
conduc...
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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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§ 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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“Since if thou bless (God) in spirit”: πνευματι,
anarthrous “in _spirit_ ” _only_ without understanding; _cf._
ἐὰν προσεύχ. γλώσσῃ, 1 Corinthians 14:14.
Εὐλογέω (_cf._ 1 Corinthians 10:16; Matt
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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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(7) Else when thou shalt bless with the (n) spirit, how shall he that
(o) occupieth the room of the unlearned say (p) Amen at thy giving of
thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
(7) A...
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How shall he that holdeth the place of the unlearned (literally, an
idiot) say Amen to thy blessing? When persons speak, or pray, and the
ignorant have had no instruction concerning such prayers, they...
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“Since, if thou blessest in spirit, how shall he that occupieth the
room of the stranger say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he
understandeth not what thou sayest? 17. For thou verily givest than...
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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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16_Else, if thou wilt bless with the spirit. _Hitherto he has been
showing, that the prayers of every one of us will be vain and
unfruitful, if the understanding does not go along with the voice. He
n...
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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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ELSE WHEN THOU SHALL BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT,.... Which must be
understood of giving thanks to God, not in a private way, in the
family and at meals, but in a public manner before the whole
congregation...
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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?
Ver. 16. _Say Amen_]...
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_What is it then?_ What is my duty in these circumstances? What must I
do when the Spirit moves me to pray in the church in an unknown
tongue? Why this: _I will pray with the Spirit_ Under his influen...
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BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT; praise God in language which others do not
understand....
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ELSE WHEN THOU SHALT BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT, HOW SHALL HE THAT OCCUPIES
THE ROOM OF THE UNLEARNED SAY AMEN AT THY GIVING OF THANKS, SEEING HE
UNDERSTANDETH NOT WHAT THOU SAYEST?...
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Only through the understanding of the hearer does the utterance of the
Spirit result in edification:...
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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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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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ELSE WHEN THOU SHALT BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT: blessing is expounded in
the latter part of the verse, _giving of thanks_ to God, which is
either in prayer, (for thanksgiving is a part of prayer), or in
s...
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Else if thou bless with the spirit, how shall he that filleth the
place of the unlearned say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he
knoweth not what thou sayest?...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I
, which we pronounce in concert.[177]...
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'Else if you bless with the spirit, how shall he who fills the place
of the unlearned say the Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing that he
does not know what you are saying? For you truly give thanks...
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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 14:16. ELSE IF THOU SHALT BLESS probably the Eucharistic
blessing, though equally applicable to blessing at any meal (see Acts
27:35), WITH THE SPIRIT speaking the blessing in an unknown...
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ELSE IF THOU BLESS WITH THE SPIRIT
(επε εαν ευλογηις εν πνευματ). Third class
condition. He means that, if one is praying and praising God (1
Corinthians 10:16) in an ecstatic prayer, the one who do...
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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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HOW CAN AN ORDINARY MAN? This shows: (1) it was _standard practice_
for the people in a public meeting of the church to say "Amen!"; (2)
there were ordinary members who did not have the gifts from the...
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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 14:16 WITH YOUR SPIRIT. That is,
with your spirit only (in tongues) but not understanding with your
mind (see note on v. 2). outsider
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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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_Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit_, &c. To bless here is to
praise God with heart and mouth. S. Thomas understands it of the
public blessing of the people; so also do Primasius, Haymo, and
S...
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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 Chronicles 16:36; 1 Corinthians 1:4; 1 Corinthians 11:24; 1
Corinthians 14:14;...
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The place [τ ο ν τ ο π ο ν]. Some explain of a particular seat
in the assembly. Rather it expresses the condition of those who are
unintelligent as regards the utterance in an unknown tongue.
The unle...
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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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Otherwise how shall he that filleth the place of a private person —
That is, any private hearer. Say Amen — Assenting and confirming
your words, as it was even then usual for the whole congregation to...
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Our apostle still goes on, arguing, that public prayers ought to be
made in. language understood by them that pray.
His argument is this: The heart ought to consent to, and agree with,
the supplicati...