the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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1 Corinthians 14:19
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But in the church meetings I would rather speak five words that I understand than thousands of words in a different language. I would rather speak with my understanding, so that I can teach others.
nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Yet had I lever in ye cogregacio to speake five wordes with my mynde to ye informacio of other rather then ten thousande wordes wt the tonge.
However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.
But in church I would rather speak five words with my mind to instruct others than 10,000 words in a tongue.
nevertheless, in church I prefer to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
But in the church meetings I would rather speak five words I understand in order to teach others than thousands of words in a different language.
nevertheless in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that [by my voice] I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an [unknown] language.
Nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.
Yet in the congregation I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
but in the Church I would rather speak five words with my understanding--so as to instruct others also--than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
but in the chirche Y wole speke fyue wordis in my wit, that also Y teche othere men, than ten thousynde of wordis in tunge.
howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
But words that make sense can help the church. That's why in church I had rather speak five words that make sense than to speak ten thousand words in a language that others don't know.
nevertheless, in public worship I would rather say five understandable words in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a tongue [which others cannot understand].
howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.
but in a congregation meeting I would rather say five words with my mind in order to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue!
but in [the] assembly I desire to speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also, [rather] than ten thousand words in a tongue.
but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, that others also may learn, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
But in the church, I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others, than a myriad of words in a tongue.
Yet in the Church I had rather speake fiue words with my vnderstanding, that by my voyce I might teach others also, then ten thousand words in an vnknowen tongue.
But in a church meeting I would rather speak five understandable words to help others than ten thousand words in an unknown language.
But in a meeting of the church, it is better if I say five words that others can understand and be helped by than 10,000 words in special sounds.
nevertheless, in church I would rather speak five words with my mind, in order to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Yet had I rather in the Church to speake fiue wordes with mine vnderstanding, that I might also instruct others, then ten thousande wordes in a strange tongue.
But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, so that I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
But, in assembly, I desire to speak five words with my mind, that, others also, I may instruct, than myriads of words in a tongue.
But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Yet had I rather, in the Churche to speake fiue wordes with my vnderstandyng, to the information of other, then ten thousande wordes with the tongue.
But in church worship I would rather speak five words that can be understood, in order to teach others, than speak thousands of words in strange tongues.
yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, in order to teach others also, than ten thousand words in another tongue.
but in the church I prefer to speak five words with my mind, in order that I may instruct other people, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
But in an assembly I desire to speak five words with my mind, that I may also instruct others, than myriads of words in a foreign language.
but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an [unknown] tongue.
Yet had I leuer in the cogregacion to speake fyue wordes with my vnderstondinge yt I maye enfourme other also, rather then ten thousande wordes with tunges.
yet in the church I had rather speak five words that convey my meaning to the instruction of others, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
yet in the church I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may teach others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
But when I'm with others, I'd rather say five things everyone can understand rather than a thousand words they can't. I can't teach if they can't understand.
however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
in the: 1 Corinthians 14:4, 1 Corinthians 14:21, 1 Corinthians 14:22
Reciprocal: Esther 1:22 - according Habakkuk 2:2 - make Acts 8:30 - Understandest 1 Corinthians 12:7 - General 1 Corinthians 14:9 - easy 1 Corinthians 14:14 - my spirit 1 Corinthians 14:15 - I will pray with the spirit 1 Corinthians 14:31 - all may learn 2 Corinthians 3:12 - we use Ephesians 4:29 - that which Colossians 4:5 - Walk Hebrews 5:12 - teachers
Cross-References
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.
And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five.
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord , the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh.
All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.
Gill's Notes on the 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 muttering of which they suppose the bread in the Lord's supper to be transubtantiated into the body of Christ; but meaning a very few words, which he chose to speak in the church before the congregation, when and where saints were met together for public worship, for their edification and comfort, and the glory of God; for though at other times, and to other people, he might think fit to make use of his gift in speaking with divers tongues, yet at such a time and place he thought it much more eligible to say ever so few words
with understanding: so as to be understood by others, as well as himself:
that by my voice I might teach others also; the doctrines of the Gospel, the mysteries of grace, the duty of men towards God and men, and one another:
than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue; than to deliver ever so long an oration in a language not understood by them, which could be of no use unto them; for though they might hear his voice, the sound of his words, yet thereby he could not teach and instruct them to their profit, unless they understood the language which he spoke; and therefore five words understood were more likely to be of use than ten thousand spoken in a strange language.
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 probable that in the Christian assembly, usually, there were few who understood foreign languages. Paul, therefore, would not speak in a foreign language when its only use would be mere display.
With my understanding - So as to be intelligible to others; so that I might understand it, and so that at the same time others might be benefitted.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 19. Yet in the church — As the grand object of public worship is the edification of those who attend, five words spoken so as to convey edification, were of much more consequence than ten thousand which, not being understood, could convey none. By the word γλωσση, tongue, to which we add unknown, I suppose the apostle always means the Hebrew, for the reasons offered in Clarke's note on "1 Corinthians 14:1".
One of the greatest difficulties, says Bishop Pearce, in this epistle is contained in the words πνευμα and νους, spirit and understanding, which are frequently used in this chapter; and fixing the true meaning of these words will solve the difficulty. In this verse the apostle explains λαλειν τῳ νοΐ, to speak with the understanding, by ινα αλλους κατηχησω, that I might teach others; so that the sense of νους, understanding, seems to be, that understanding which the hearer has of what is said; and this sense will agree well with, I will sing with the spirit, and with the understanding, 1 Corinthians 14:15.
He observes also that πνευμα spirit, and νους, understanding, have a sense opposite to each other; so that if νους is rightly rendered, the understanding which another has of what is said; then πνευμα will signify a man's own mind, i.e. his own understanding of what he himself speaks; and this sense agrees well with 1 Corinthians 14:2: In the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
