...doctrines he taught, that they might believe them upon just and solid ground. He positively declared, " In the church, I had rather speak five words with...also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." He made a point of preaching argumentatively, for the important purpose of preaching plainly and intelligibly....

...commentary to the New Testament, he had this to say on i Corinthians xiv. 19 — the passage beginning "Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with...also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue" : St Paul says he would rather speak five words with a reasonable meaning in them than ten thousand...

...Lord can. Paul did not seem to care much about the gift of tongues either. He said to the Corinthians: "I had rather speak five words with my understanding,...also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." So far as I am concerned, If the Lord will give me ability to teach the people in my native tongue,...

...Prefer speech that instructs (w. 18, 19) 18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 19 Yet In the church I had rather speak five words with...also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. Once again Paul goes as far as he can with the readers he is criticizing. This time he does so by affirming...

...language or even a miracle of tongues as at Pentecost . But he always spoke to be understood and said, "I had rather speak five words with my understanding,...also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue," that is, in a foreign language not understood by those present . There is no teaching in the Bible...

...a language understood by the congregation: "I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with...than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue."— I Cor. 14:18, 19. These are tremendous odds— 5 to 10,000! This would be enough to stop the practice...

...18 I thank my 0 ml, I speak with tongues more than ye all : 19 yet in the church I had rather ¿peak five words with my understanding, that by my voice...others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongne. 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding : howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding...

...signs, whether by prayers or sacraments. 18. 19. I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all : yet in the church I had rather speak five words with...also, than ten thousand words in an (unknown) tongue. That Paul should give thanks to God that he was more abundantly endowed with the gift of tongues, if...

...but he regularly used this other language in preaching the Gospel. But he explained to these people, "Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with...also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue," that is, in a foreign language they did not understand. Paul speaks here of natural languages, not...

...with tongues more than any of the Corinthian Christians, proceeds to say — Yet in the church I liad rather speak five words with my understanding, that...others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue,0 it is easily seen from the context that the clause " in the church " governs the whole sentence,...