1 Corinthians 14:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. ”

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What is it then? - What shall I do? What is the proper course for me to pursue? What is my practice and my desire; see the same form of expression in Romans 3:9 , and Romans 6:15 . It indicates...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the (m) understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. (m) So that I may be understo...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sing . Greek. psallo , as Ephesians 5:15 (making melody).
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. I will pray with the spirit Lest any one should ask, by way of objection, “Will the spirit then be useless in prayer?” he teaches, that it is lawful, indeed, to pray with the spirit...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will pray with the understanding also.— That is, according to Mr. Locke, "When moved to it by the Spirit, I will pray in an unknown tongue; but so that my meaning may be understood by others;" th...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. What is it then? - What th...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(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 th...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

What is it then? — The Apostle, in answering this question — viz., What, then, is the practical conclusion of the whole matter? — still speaks in the first person, quoting his own conduct and resol...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 tong...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Understanding Promotes Edifying 1 Corinthians 14:13-25 The Apostle here gives two practical directions, in order to restore the rule of the understanding above the babble of incoherent sounds,...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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;...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

FAITH AND SCIENCE ‘I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also.’ 1 Corinthians 14:15 In these words St. Paul, the greatest preacher of Christ the world has ever...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

What is it then ?.... A Talmudic way of speaking, and answers to מהו, often used when a difficulty arises in any case, then the question is, "what is it then?" what is to be done? what is most prude...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. Ver. 15. I will pray with unde...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 influe...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 b...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

On Spiritual Gifts. A. D. 57. 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pr...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

What is to be done then? I will (saith the apostle) pray with the spirit; that is, either use the extraordinary influences of the Spirit of God upon me; or with my own spirit, with the inward att...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 gi...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 “ P...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 I. Christian teaching and Christian prayer and Christian praise are to be intelligible to the people, yea, to the meanest among them. To conduct any of these in a foreign tongu...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 14:1-46 The gift of preaching superior to the gift tongues . 1 Corinthians 14:1 Follow after charity; literally, chase; pursue. The word is one of w...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Only through the understanding of the hearer does the utterance of the Spirit result in edification:
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:19 ; 1 Corinthians 14:19 ; Colossians 3:16 ; Ephesians 5:17-20 ; Ephesians 6:18 ; John 4:23 ; John 4:24 ; Jude 1:20 ; Philippians 1:18 ; Psalms 47:7 ; Romans 1:9 ; Romans...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Talking in Tongues 1 Corinthians 14:1-40 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...
1 Corinthians 14:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the understanding also — I will use my own understanding, as well as the power of the Spirit. I will not act so absurdly, as to utter in a congrega...

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 14:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 14:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes