1 Corinthians 14:15
What 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.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
14For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Cross References
Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the gospel of his Son, how without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
Romans 8:31What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who shall be against us?
1 Corinthians 10:19What then do I say? That an idol is anything, or that what is offered to idols is anything?
Ephesians 5:17Therefore be not foolish, but understanding what is the will of the Lord.
Philippians 1:18What then? Notwithstanding, in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and therein I rejoice, yea, and shall 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 →