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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:5

I would that ye all spake with tongues. The language of relative disparagement which St. Paul uses throughout these chapters may lead us to regard this with surprise. Yet it is perfectly intelligible. Montanus truly said that each human spirit is like a harp, which the Holy Spirit strikes as with a plectrum, and which yields itself to the mighty hand by which the chords are swept. We have seen all along—and history has in various ages confirmed the impression, on every occasion when... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:5

The Church's edification the object sought in the trust of Christian gifts. "That the Church may receive edifying." In classifying the Christian gifts, talents, and endowments, the first broad distinction to be made is between such as direct attention to the possessor, and such as give the possessor a gracious power of influence on others. Gifts which glorify the man who has them are not to be despised; but the apostle conceived that gifts which take men out of themselves, and only find... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:6

Except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? My "tongue" will be useless to you unless I also speak to you of what I know by revelation, or by my thoughtful study, which may take the form of preaching or of teaching ( 1 Corinthians 12:28 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:6-13

Argument continued and illustrated. Greater is the teacher than the speaker in a tongue not interpreted, was the statement of the apostle in the fifth verse. Suppose, then, that even he were to address these Corinthians "with tongues;" would not the edification be confined to himself? There would be no exception in his case, none in his favour as the apostle of the Gentiles, and hence his usefulness, no matter what he might say, would be at an end, for lack of interpretation. "What shall I... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:7

Even things without life giving sound . Even musical instruments—flute or harp—dead instruments as they are, must be so played as to keep up the distinction of intervals, without which the melody is ruined and the tune is unrecognizable. Much more is this the ease with the human voice. "How sour sweet music is, When time is broke and no proportion kept!" The indiscriminate use of the tongue is here compared to the dissonance of jarring and unmodulated instrumental sounds, In harmony... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:7-11

Christian intelligence the medium of Christian growth. The point presented in these verses appears to be that the Church is not really edified, save as the teachings presented to it appeal to the understanding. "Everything for use, and everything in its place, is a rule, the apostle is saying, that holds in spiritual gifts and exercises, as in everything else. If you speak with tongues, let it not be as only making strange noises, but let some one interpret, that the tongues may edify,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:8

If the trumpet give an uncertain sound. A spiritual exhortation should be like the "blowing of a trumpet in Zion;" but if, as in "the tongue," the trumpet only gave forth an unintelligible blare, its sounds were useless. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:9

Words easy to be understood; rather, distinguishable speech. Ye shall speak; rather, ye shall be (all the time) speaking . Into the air. Mere pulses of useless inarticulate breath, spoken ins Blaue hinein. Philo has the word aeromuthos one who speaks to the wind. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:10

It may be. A mere expression of uncertainty as to the exact number. It is one of the very few instances where even the verb which implies "chance" is recognized. The word "chance" itself ( τυχὴ ) does not occur in the New Testament. So many kinds of voices. This does not seem to mean "so many languages." The Jews always asserted that the languages, of the world were seventy in number. It seems to mean "classes of expressive sounds." None of them is without signification. The words... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:11

A barbarian; in other words, unintelligible, according to the definition of the word by Ovid— "Barbarus hic ego sum, quia non intelligor ulli." Unto me; rather, in my eyes. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 14:11

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