1 Corinthians 14:19

1 Corinthians 14:21; 1 Corinthians 14:22; 1 Corinthians 14:4

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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 organize...
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 a...
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

had rather . desire to. App-102. with . Greek. dia , but the texts read "by" (Dat.) might teach . Greek. katecheo. See Acts 18:25 . others...
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. No...
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 u...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

In the church ] i.e. at a Church assembly. St. Paul insists upon Church worship being really 'common prayer,' each worshipper joining intelligently...
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 examp...
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...
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 und...
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

(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 un...
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...
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 u...
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 g...
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

On Spiritual Gifts. A. D. 57. 15 What is i...
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 litt...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'I thank God, I speak with tongues more than you all. Howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruc...
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 them...
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...
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;...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Only through the understanding of the hearer does the utterance of the Spirit result in edification:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 unk...
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 i...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

¹⁹ 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.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 14:19

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

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

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

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 14:19