Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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 , tongue, to which we add unknown, I suppose the apostle always means the Hebrew, for the reasons offered in the note on I Corinthians 14:1.
One of the greatest difficulties, says Bishop Pearce, in this epistle is contained in the words and , 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 ͅ ̈́ , to speak with the understanding, by ̔ , that I might teach others; so that the sense of , 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, I Corinthians 14:15.
He observes also that spirit, and , understanding, have a sense opposite to each other; so that if is rightly rendered, the understanding which another has of what is said; then will signify a man' s own mind, i.e. his own understanding of what he himself speaks; and this sense agrees well with I Corinthians 14:2 : In the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing 1 Corinthians 14:19:
1 Corinthians 14:2
1 Corinthians 14:14
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