1 Corinthians 14:15
What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
14for if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.
Cross References
Psalms 47:7For king of all the earth [is] God, Give praise, O understanding one.
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,
Romans 8:31What, then, shall we say unto these things? if God [is] for us, who [is] against us?
1 Corinthians 10:19what then do I say? that an idol is anything? or that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything? —
Ephesians 5:17because of this become not fools, but — understanding what [is] the will of the Lord,
Philippians 1:18what then? in every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is proclaimed — and in this 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 →