19Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. …
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
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 commu…
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