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1 Corinthians 14 — Sermon Preparation
Paul compares prophecy and tongues, argues for the superiority of prophecy in building up the church, and establishes guidelines for orderly corporate worship. Below is a research summary for 1 Corinthians 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
1 Corinthians 14 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| λαλέω | laléō | G2980 | 24 | preach, say, speak, talk |
| γλῶσσα | glōssa | G1100 | 15 | tongue |
| προφητεύω | prophēteúō | G4395 | 8 | prophesy |
| ἐκκλησία | ekklēsía | G1577 | 9 | assembly, church |
| πνεῦμα | pneûma | G4151 | 7 | ghost, life, spirit, mind |
| προσεύχομαι | proseúchomai | G4336 | 5 | pray, make prayer |
| οἰκοδομή | oikodomḗ | G3619 | 4 | building, edify |
How preachers through history handled this text
17 public-domain excerpts on 1 Corinthians 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“There can be no assent to prayers that are not understood. A truly Christian minister will seek much more to do spiritual good to men's souls, than to get the greatest applause to himself. This is proving himself the servant of Christ. Children are apt to be struck with novelty; but do not act like them. Christians should be like children, void of guile and malice; yet they should not be unskilful as to the word of righteousness, but only as to the arts of mischief. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Corinthians 14:15–25 (Public Domain)
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