1 Corinthians 14:15
What, then, is my conclusion? Simply this – I will pray with my spirit, but with my mind as well; I will sing with my spirit, but with my mind as well.
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In Context
14If, when praying, I use the gift of ‘tongues,’ my spirit indeed prays, but my mind is a blank.
Cross References
Psalms 47:7For king of all earth is he: praise God in a skilful song.
Romans 1:9God, to whom I offer the worship of my soul as I tell the goodness of his Son, is my witness how constantly I mention you when I pray,
Romans 8:31What are we to say, then, in the light of all this? If God is on our side, who can there be against us?
1 Corinthians 10:19What do I mean? That an offering made to an idol, or the idol itself, is anything?
Ephesians 5:17Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord’s will is.
Philippians 1:18But what of that? Only that in some way or other, either with assumed or with real earnestness, Christ is being made known; and at that I 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 →