What! came the word-unto you only? were you the first to receive or spread the gospel, that you, in the above-mentioned things, act so differently from other churches, as if you were wiser than they? By no means. Other churches have been much longer established, have had greater experience, and are more worthy of imitation.
Verse 36. _CAME THE WORD OF GOD OUT FROM YOU?_] Was it from you that other Churches received the Gospel? Are you the _mother_ _Church_? that you should have rules, and orders, and customs, different f...
WHAT! CAME THE WORD OF GOD OUT FROM YOU? - The meaning of this is, “Is the church at Corinth the “mother church?” Was it first established; or has it been alone in sending forth the Word of God? You h...
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...
Paul now lays down the rules. At present at their assemblies all are eager to speak in one way or another. But the edification of the Church is to be the governing principle. Two may speak in tongues,...
THE FALSE AND THE TRUE WORSHIP (1 Corinthians 14:1-19)...
Let women keep silent in the congregation, for it is not permitted to them to speak, but let them be in subjection even as the law says. If they wish to learn about anything, let them question their h...
CAME. went. WORD. App-121. CAME. Greek. _katantao._ See Acts 16:1. UNTO. App-104....
Regulations to insure decency and order 26. _hath a psalm_ The Apostle here reproves another fault. Not only are the Corinthians ambitious rather of the gifts which attract attention, than of those wh...
_What? came the word of God out from you?_ The self-assertion of the Corinthians was so great that they needed to be reminded that they had received the doctrine of Christ through the ministry of St P...
REGULATIONS TO INSURE DECENCY AND ORDER...
Ἢ�' ὙΜΩ͂Ν Ὁ ΛΌΓΟΣ. The emphasis is upon ἀφ' ὑμῶν. ‘Was it _from you_ that the Word of God originally came,’ that you take upon yourselves the task of setting an example to other Churches? Ἢ ΕἸΣ ὙΜΑ͂Σ...
_THE PROPER USE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS -- 1 CORINTHIANS 14:26-40:_ Paul wanted it understood that when the church met for worship that everything that was done must be done for the good of all that were p...
ΈΞΉΛΘΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΞΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1831) выходить, ΚΑΤΉΝΤΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΚΑΤΑΝΤΆΩ (G2658) достигать, прибывать. Вопрос значит: "передали ли вы кому-л. благую весть? Или вы были только е...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Perfecting With Decorum and Decency (1 Corinthians 14:26-40) 26 What then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Rules For Using Spiritual Gifts_ (20-40) _Text_ 1 Corinthians 14:20-40. Brethren, be not children in mind: yet in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men. 21 In the law it is wr...
What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? WHAT! - Greek, 'Or,' Will you obey me Or, if you set up your judgment above that of other churches, do you pretend that your chur...
24 Predicting, or foretelling, is not necessarily involved in the gift of prophecy. The prophet, in Scripture, is the mouthpiece or spokesman of God. He may speak of the past, the present, or the futu...
CAME THE WORD OF GOD OUT FROM YOU?] RV 'Was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?'; i.e. you are neither the original nor the only Church; what are you that you diver...
_(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...
WHAT? — The church at Corinth had on some of these points acted at variance with the practice of the other churches, and in a manner which assumed an independence of St. Paul’s apostolic authority. He...
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...
The Ap. adds the authority of Christian usage to that of natural instinct (_cf._ the connexion of 1 Corinthians 10:14; 1 Corinthians 10:16), in a tone of indignant protest: “Or (is it) from _you_ (tha...
§ 49. FINAL INSTRUCTIONS ON CHURCH ORDER. In 1 Corinthians 14:34 ff. P. returns to the matter which he first touched upon in reproving the disorderly Church life at Cor [2180], _viz_., the irregular b...
ORDER OF CHURCH SERVICES 1 Corinthians 14:26 Again the Apostle sums up his directions in two simple rules: 1. _Let all things be done unto edifying;_ that is, to building up individual character, and...
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,...
Paul's Appeal To God's Order The brethren at Corinth were acting as if God's word was revealed only to them and they could tell everyone else how to act. Actually, Paul had brought them the word. Thos...
(16) What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? (16) A general conclusion of the treatise of the right use of spiritual gifts in assemblies. And this is with a sharp reprehens...
Did the word of God first come out from you? This he says, to check these new preachers, by putting them in mind, that they are not the first, nor the only Christians, and so must conform themselves t...
“Or, indeed, came the Word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? 37. If any man think himself to be a prophet, or inspired, let him acknowledge that what I write unto you is from the Lord. 38...
(23) If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? (24) But...
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...
36_Did the word of God come out from you? _This is a somewhat sharper reproof, but nothing more than was needful for beating down the haughtiness of the Corinthians. They were, beyond measure, self-co...
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 ...
WHAT? CAME THE WORD OF GOD OUT FROM YOU?.... That you must give laws to other churches, and introduce new customs and practices never known or used before? No; the word of the Lord came out of Zion, a...
What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? Ver. 36. _What? came the word, &c._] As if he should say (and he saith it with some displeasure), Are ye the first, or the only Chri...
_What! came the word of God out from you?_ Are ye of Corinth, the first church in the world, by whose example all others should be modelled? _Or came it unto you only?_ Are you the only Christian soci...
WHAT? CAME THE WORD OF GOD OUT FROM YOU? OR CAME IT UNTO YOU ONLY?...
Final regulations:...
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...
WHAT? WAS IT FROM YOU THAT THE WORD OF GOD WENT FORTH? OR CAME IT UNTO YOU ALONE? 'Some wouldn't like like that. And some would suggest (maybe argue) that Paul wasn't the only prophet. He had no righ...
34-40 When the apostle exhorts Christian women to seek information on religious subjects from their husbands at home, it shows that believing families ought to assemble for promoting spiritual knowle...
These words look like a smart reflection upon divers members of this church of Corinth, who thought themselves wiser than all the world besides; and the apostle might foresee, that out of the high opi...
What? [An exclamation of indignation] _was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?_ [Becoming puffed up by the fullness of their spiritual gifts, the Corinthians were a...
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'What? Was it from you that the word of God went forth? or did it come to you alone?' This refers back to the reference to 'all the churches'. Are the Corinthians going to set themselves up as differe...
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 14:36. WHAT? WAS IT FOR YOU THAT THE WORD OF GOD WENT FORTH, OR CAME IT UNTO YOU ALONE? ‘Do other churches need to learn of you how God would have the services of His Church conducted?'...
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...
OR COULD IT BE? The Corinthians acted without thinking of anyone but themselves, as though they were the only church in the world, and that they ought to set the example for everyone else. _MacKnight_...
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...
_What! came the word of God out from you?_ This is a sarcasm, concluding what had been said in this chapter and the preceding. Did not the Churches of Judæa, Samaria, and Syria believe before you? Loo...
_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 4:7; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Corinthians 10:13; Acts 13:1;...
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...
Are ye of Corinth either the first or the only Christians? If not, conform herein to the custom of all the churches....
These words are looked upon by interpreters as. smart reflection upon some of the ministers and members of the church at Corinth; who from. high opinion which they had of themselves and their own mana...