1 Corinthians 14:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. ”

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yet in the church - In the Christian assembly. The word “church” does not refer to the “edifice” where Christians worshipped, but to the organized body of Christians. I had rather ... - It is...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Yet in the church I had rather speak (q) five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue. (q) A very few words.
1 Corinthians 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

had rather . desire to. App-102. with . Greek. dia , but the texts read "by" (Dat.) might teach . Greek. katecheo. See Acts 18:25 . others . App-124.
1 Corinthians 14:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

19. I would rather speak five words. This is spoken hyperbolically, unless you understand five words, as meaning five sentences. Now as Paul, who might otherwise have exulted loftil...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. Yet in the church - As the grand o...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. I had rather. The Greek more l...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I thank my God. — Here the Apostle resumes in the first person, coming back, after the parenthesis, to the continuation of his own desire and example. He does not undervalue that gift the misuse an...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 ve...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words ,.... Referring not to the five books of Moses, as Jerom suggests, and much less, as the Papists say, to the five words, "for this is my body"; by the...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. Ver. 19. In an unknown tongue...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I thank my God , &c. As if he had said, I do not speak thus of foreign languages because I myself am deficient in them, for I must say, to the glory of that Being from whom all my gifts and tale...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Yet he had so great a regard to the end of his ministry, teaching others, and communicating Divine knowledge to them, that he had rather speak a little tending to that end, than never so much in a la...
1 Corinthians 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 14:21 ; 1 Corinthians 14:22 ; 1 Corinthians 14:4
1 Corinthians 14:19 - 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 14:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

With my understanding — In a rational manner; so as not only to understand myself, but to be understood by others.

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 14:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 14:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes