1 Corinthians 14:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.

1 Corinthians 14:17 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 14:4
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
1 Corinthians 14:6
Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

Topics

Agency Homage Preaching Sermon Thankfulness Tongues (the Gift)Worship

Commentary

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 communi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. givest thanks--The prayers of the synagogue were called “eulogies,” because to each prayer was joined a thanksgiving. Hence the prayers of the Christian Church also were called blessings and giving of thanks. This illustrates Col 4:2; 1Th 5:17, 18. So the Kaddisch and Keduscha, the synagogue formulæ of “hallowing” the divine “name” and of prayer for the “coming of God’s kingdom,” answer to the…