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For you most assuredly give thanks well, but the other person is not built up.
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Worship's Dual Purpose
Commentators clarify that Paul isn't condemning the act of giving thanks in a tongue itself. They note it can be a genuine and acceptable form of personal worship to God. However, in a public setting, worship has a second, crucial purpose: to build up, or "edify," the entire community. An act of worship that only benefits the speaker falls short of this corporate goal.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For thou verily givest thanks well. That is, even if you use a foreign language. You do it with the heart; and it is accepted by God as yo…
19th Century
Anglican
For thou verily givest thanks well.—It is implied here that speaking in a tongue was, regarding an individual, an accepta…
Praying and singing in the spirit and mind (v.15) are involved in praising and giving thanks to God (v.16), all of which are to be a coherent part …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For you verily give thanks well In very proper words, and pertinent expressions, with great affection and devotion, suita…
There can be no agreement with prayers that are not understood. A truly Christian minister will seek much more to do spiritual good to people's sou…
13th Century
Catholic
Having shown that the gift of prophecy excels the gift of tongues for reasons related to exhortation, the Apostle now demonstrates the same point f…
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