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1 Corinthians 14:15

What then shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

What is it 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.

In Context

14For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

16Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

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Cross References

Psalms 47:7For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.

Romans 1:9God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

1 Corinthians 10:19Am I suggesting, then, that an idol is anything, or that food sacrificed to an idol is anything?

Ephesians 5:17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Philippians 1:18What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to 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 →

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