1 Corinthians 14:15
What then is my object? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms with the understanding also.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
14For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my mind produces no fruit.
Cross References
Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son, how incessantly I make mention of you,
Romans 8:31What then shall we say to these things? If God be for us, who shall be against us?
1 Corinthians 10:19What do I say then? that an idol is any thing, or that which is sacrificed to an idol is any thing?
Ephesians 5:17Therefore be not unwise, but intelligent concerning what is the will of the Lord.
Philippians 1:18What then? if Christ is preached in whatever manner it be, whether in pretext or reality, even in this do I rejoice, yea, and 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 →