15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. …
Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. …
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-20)The apostle here sums up the argument hitherto, and, I. Directs them how they should sing and pray in public (1 Cor. 14:15): What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit , etc. He does not forbid their praying or singing under a divine afflatus , or when they were inspired for this purpose, or had such a spiritual gift commu…
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