1 Corinthians 14:15
What is it therefore? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the intellect also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the intellect also.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14For if I pray in a tongue my spirit prays, but my intellect is unfruitful.
Cross References
Psalms 47:7For God is the King of all the earth. Sing ye praises with understanding.
Romans 1:9For God is my witness whom I serve in my spirit in the good-news of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
Romans 8:31What then will we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
1 Corinthians 10:19What therefore do I say, that an idol is anything, or that a sacrifice to an idol is anything?
Ephesians 5:17Because of this do not become foolish, but understanding what is the will of the Lord.
Philippians 1:18What then? Except in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in this I rejoice, but also I will rejoice.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:7-15
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 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? 7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words… Read the whole commentary →