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Wednesday, November 27th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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King James Version

1 Corinthians 14:36

What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Prophecy and Prophets;   Tongues;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Holy Spirit, Gifts of;   Woman;   Worship;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Worship of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, Prophets;   Woman;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Corinthians, First Epistle to the;   Ethics;   Spiritual Gifts;   Tongues, Gift of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Commandment;   Edification;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Gospels (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Tongues, Gift of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ministry;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
God's teaching did not come from you, and you are not the only ones who have received it.
Revised Standard Version
What! Did the word of God originate with you, or are you the only ones it has reached?
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Sproge ye worde of god fro you? Ether came it vnto you only?
Hebrew Names Version
What? Was it from you that the word of God went forth? Or did it come to you alone?
International Standard Version
Did God's word originate with you? Are you the only people it has reached?
New American Standard Bible
Or was it from you that the word of God first went out? Or has it come to you only?
New Century Version
Did God's teaching come from you? Or are you the only ones to whom it has come?
Update Bible Version
What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or did it come to you alone?
Webster's Bible Translation
What? came the word of God out from you? or came it to you only?
English Standard Version
Or was it from you that the word of God came? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
World English Bible
What? Was it from you that the word of God went forth? Or did it come to you alone?
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Did the word of God come out from you? or did it come to you alone?
Weymouth's New Testament
Was it from you that God's Message first went forth, or is it to you only that it has come?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether `of you the word of God cam forth, or to you aloone it cam?
English Revised Version
What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?
Berean Standard Bible
Did God's word originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?
Contemporary English Version
God's message did not start with you people, and you are not the only ones it has reached.
Amplified Bible
Did the word of the Lord originate from you [Corinthians], or has it come to you only [so that you know best what God requires]?
American Standard Version
What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?
Bible in Basic English
What? was it from you that the word of God went out? or did it only come in to you?
Complete Jewish Bible
Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached?
Darby Translation
Did the word of God go out from you, or did it come to you only?
Etheridge Translation
Was it from you that the word of Aloha went forth ? Or did it come only to you ?
Murdock Translation
What ! was it from you that the word of God came forth? Or did it reach only to you?
King James Version (1611)
What? came the word of God out from you? or came it vnto you onely?
New Living Translation
Or do you think God's word originated with you Corinthians? Are you the only ones to whom it was given?
New Life Bible
Did the Word of God come from you Christians in the city of Corinth? Or are you the only people who received it?
New Revised Standard
Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?)
Geneva Bible (1587)
Came the worde of God out from you? either came it vnto you onely?
George Lamsa Translation
What? Did the word of God come from you? or did it come for you only?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or, from you, did the word of God come forth? Or, unto you alone, did it extend?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Or did the word of God come out from you? Or came it only unto you?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Sproung the worde of God from you? Either came it vnto you only?
Good News Translation
Or could it be that the word of God came from you? Or are you the only ones to whom it came?
Christian Standard Bible®
Or did the word of God originate from you, or did it come to you only?
Lexham English Bible
Or has the word of God gone out from you, or has it come to you only?
Literal Translation
Or did the Word of God go out from you? Or did it reach only to you?
Young's Literal Translation
From you did the word of God come forth? or to you alone did it come?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Or spronge the worde of God from amonge you? Or is it come vnto you onely?
Mace New Testament (1729)
What, did the gospel take its rise from you? or was it communicated to you alone?
New English Translation
Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone?
New King James Version
Or did the word of God come originally from you? Or was it you only that it reached?
Simplified Cowboy Version
Do you think everything revolves around you? Are y'all the only one who received the truth?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it come to you only?
Legacy Standard Bible
Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it arrived to you only?

Contextual Overview

36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? 37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done decently and in order.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

came: Isaiah 2:3, Micah 4:1, Micah 4:2, Zechariah 14:8, Acts 13:1-3, Acts 15:35, Acts 15:36, Acts 16:9, Acts 16:10, Acts 17:1, Acts 17:10, Acts 17:11, Acts 17:15, Acts 18:1-17, 2 Corinthians 10:13-16, 1 Thessalonians 1:8

or: 1 Corinthians 4:7

Reciprocal: Acts 8:31 - How 1 Corinthians 7:40 - I think 2 Corinthians 12:20 - debates

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What? came the word of God out from you?.... That you must give laws to other churches, and introduce new customs and practices never known or used before? No; the word of the Lord came out of Zion, and the law or doctrine of the Lord, the word of the Gospel, the doctrine of the grace of God, came out of Jerusalem. The apostles that first preached it were Jews, and they preached it first in their own land, and planted churches there, before it came to the Gentiles; and therefore the apostle suggests it would be right to consider what was the practice of the churches in Judea, the first Gospel churches, concerning women's speaking in the church, and to conform thereunto; when they would be able to observe, that these first churches from whence the word of God came to them, disallowed of any such practice, but in this point agreed with the old synagogue:

or came it unto you only? no, it came to many other nations, and people, and towns, and cities besides them; and many churches were formed among the Gentiles, who had no such custom, did not permit their women to speak in the church; and therefore why should they be singular and different from all others? other churches had the word of God, had gifts, and prophesying as well as they, and yet had introduced no such custom; and therefore it became them to pay a deference to the judgment and practice of others, especially since these were under, and acted according to the direction of the apostle, which they ought to have been subject to.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What! came the word of God out from you? - The meaning of this is, “Is the church at Corinth the “mother church?” Was it first established; or has it been alone in sending forth the Word of God? You have adopted customs which are unusual. You have permitted women to speak in a manner unknown to other churches; see 1 Corinthians 11:16. You have admitted irregularity and confusion unknown in all the others. You have allowed many to speak at the same time, and have tolerated confusion and disorder. Have you any “right” thus to differ from others? Have you any authority, as it were, to dictate to them, to teach them, contrary to their uniform custom, to allow these disorders? Should you not rather be conformed to them, and observe the rules of the churches which are older than yours?” The “argument” here is, that the church at Corinth was “not” the first that was established; that it was one of the “last” that had been founded; and that it could, therefore, claim no right to differ from others, or to prescribe to them. The same argument is employed in 1 Corinthians 11:16; see Note.

Or came it unto you only? - As you are not the first of those who believed, neither are you the only ones. God has sent the same gospel to others, and it is traveling over the world. Others, therefore, have the same right as you to originate customs and special habits; and as this would be attended with confusion and disorder, you should all follow the same rule, and the customs which do not prevail in other churches should not be allowed in yours.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 36. Came the word of God out from you? — Was it from you that other Churches received the Gospel? Are you the mother Church? that you should have rules, and orders, and customs, different from all others; and set yourselves up for a model to be copied by all the Churches of Christ?

Or came it unto you only? — Are you the only Church of God? Are there not many others founded before you that have no such customs, and permit no such disorders?


 
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