Gēlínduōqiánshū 14:14

14 Wǒ ruò yòng fāngyán dǎogào , shì wǒde líng dǎogào . dàn wǒde wùxìng méiyǒu guǒ xiào .

Gēlínduōqiánshū 14:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:14

For if I pray in an unknown tongue
In the Hebrew tongue, which the greatest part of the Jewish doctors insisted ^F1 upon should be only used in prayer; which notion might be borrowed from them, and now greatly prevailed in the church at Corinth; and the custom was used by such as had the gift of speaking that language, even though the body and bulk of the people understood it not:

my spirit prayeth;
I pray with my breath vocally; or else with affection and devotion, understanding what I say myself, and so am edified; or rather with the gift of the Spirit bestowed on me:

but my understanding is unfruitful;
that is, what I say with understanding to myself is unprofitable to others, not being understood by them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Vid. Trigland. de Sect. Kar. c. 10. p. 172, 173.

Gēlínduōqiánshū 14:14 In-Context

12 Nǐmen yĕ shì rúcǐ . jì shì qiè mù shǔlíng de ēncì , jiù dàng qiú duō dé zào jiù jiàohuì de ēncì .

13 Suǒyǐ nà shuō fāngyán de , jiù dāng qiú zhe néng fān chūlai .

14 Wǒ ruò yòng fāngyán dǎogào , shì wǒde líng dǎogào . dàn wǒde wùxìng méiyǒu guǒ xiào .

15 Zhè què zĕnme shuō ne . wǒ yào yòng líng dǎogào , yĕ yào yòng wùxìng dǎogào . wǒ yào yòng líng gē chàng , yĕ yào yòng wùxìng gē chàng .

16 Bù rán , nǐ yòng líng zhù xiè , nà zaì zuò bù tōng fāngyán de rén , jìrán bù míngbai nǐde huà , zĕn néng zaì nǐ gǎnxiè de shíhou shuō āmén ne .