1 Corinthians 14:1

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Follow after charity - Pursue love 1 Corinthians 13:1 ; that is, earnestly desire it; strive to possess it; make it the object of your anxious a...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Follow (1) after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may (a) prophesy. (1) He infers now of what he spoke before: therefore se...
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 co...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

charity . love, as in 1 Corinthians 13:1 . desire . covet earnestly, as in 1 Corinthians 12:31 . spiritual . Greek. pneumatikos. See 1 Cori...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

As he had previously exhorted them to follow after the more excellent gifts, ( 1 Corinthians 12:31 ,) so he exhorts them now to follow aft...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts , but rather that ye may prophesy. Follow after charity - Most earnestly labor to be put in possess...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Follow after charity ] Seek a loving spirit before all things. And desire] RV 'yet desire earnestly' (cp. 1 Corinthians 12:31 ); do not neglect o...
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 wh...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Apostle is discoursing in this Chapter, on Spiritual Gifts, and Prophecy. He points out the great Advantage of ministering in the congr...
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 unt...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Follow after charity ,.... The apostle having so highly commended charity, or love, in the preceding chapter, presses here to an eager pursuit after...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts , but rather that ye may prophesy. Ver. 1. Follow after charity ] Διωκετε, follow it hot-foot,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Follow after love Namely, that love, the nature, necessity, and excellence of which are shown at large in the preceding chapter; pursue this, which...
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 influen...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 14 1 Corinthians 14:1-5 Prophecy, for its greater tendency to edification, is preferred before speaking with tongues. 1 C...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹ Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 14:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 14:1