KJV: I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
YLT: and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
Darby: Now I desire that ye should all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy. But greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, unless he interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
ASV: Now I would have you all speak with tongues, but rather that ye should prophesy: and greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
| Θέλω | I desire |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 1st Person Singular Root: θέλω Sense: to will, have in mind, intend. |
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| δὲ | now |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| λαλεῖν | to speak |
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Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active Root: ἀπολαλέω Sense: to utter a voice or emit a sound. |
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| γλώσσαις | in tongues |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Plural Root: γλῶσσα Sense: the tongue, a member of the body, an organ of speech. 2 a tongue. |
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| μᾶλλον | rather |
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Parse: Adverb Root: μᾶλλον Sense: more, to a greater degree, rather. |
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| δὲ | however |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| ἵνα | that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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| προφητεύητε | you should prophesy |
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Parse: Verb, Present Subjunctive Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: προφητεύω Sense: to prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict. |
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| μείζων | greater [is] |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Masculine Singular, Comparative Root: μέγας Sense: great. |
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| ὁ | the [one] |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| προφητεύων | prophesying |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: προφητεύω Sense: to prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict. |
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| ἢ | than |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ἤ Sense: either, or, than. |
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| λαλῶν | speaking |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀπολαλέω Sense: to utter a voice or emit a sound. |
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| ἐκτὸς | except |
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Parse: Adverb Root: ἐκτός Sense: outside, beyond. |
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| διερμηνεύῃ | he should interpret |
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Parse: Verb, Present Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: διερμηνεύω Sense: to unfold the meaning of what is said, explain, expound. |
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| ἵνα | so that |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: ἵνα Sense: that, in order that, so that. |
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| ἐκκλησία | church |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ἐκκλησία Sense: a gathering of citizens called out from their homes into some public place, an assembly. |
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| οἰκοδομὴν | edification |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: οἰκοδομή Sense: (the act of) building, building up. |
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| λάβῃ | might receive |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Subjunctive Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λαμβάνω Sense: to take. |
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Greek Commentary for 1 Corinthians 14:5
Pleonastic combination of εκτος ektos (preposition except) and ει μη ei mē (if not, unless) as in 1 Corinthians 15:2; 1 Timothy 5:19. For use of ει ei with subjunctive rather than εαν ean see note on Philemon 3:12 (common enough in the Koiné, Robertson, Grammar, pp. 1017f., condition of third class). On the verb see 1 Corinthians 12:30; Luke 24:27; Acts 9:36. [source]
Second aorist (ingressive) active subjunctive of λαμβανω lambanō may get edification. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 Corinthians 14:5
This is a condition of the third class with the aorist subjunctive (αγορασωμεν agorasōmen), where the conjunction is usually εαν ean (with negative εαν μη ean mē), but not always or necessarily so especially in the Koiné. So in 1 Corinthians 14:5 ει μη διερμηνευηι ei mē diermēneuēi and in Philemon 3:12 ει και καταλαβω ei kai katalabō “Unless” is better here than “except.” [source]
I. Passages Relating to the Gift of Tongues. Mark 16:17; Acts href="/desk/?q=ac+10:46&sr=1">Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6; 1 Corinthians 12:10, 1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 13:1; 14. Possibly Ephesians 5:18; 1 Peter 4:11. II. Terms Employed. New tongues (Mark 16:17): other or different tongues ( ἕτεραι , Acts 2:4): kinds ( γένη ) of tongues (1 Corinthians 12:10): simply tongues or tongue ( γλῶσσαι γλῶσσα , Acts href="/desk/?q=ac+2:4&sr=1">Acts 2:4; Acts 10:46; Acts 19:6; 1 Corinthians 14:2, 1 Corinthians 14:4, 1 Corinthians 14:13, 1 Corinthians 14:14, 1 Corinthians 14:19, 1 Corinthians 14:27): to pray in a tongue ( προσεύχεσθαι γλώσσῃ , 1 Corinthians 14:14, 1 Corinthians 14:15), equivalent to praying in the spirit as distinguished from praying with the understanding: tongues of men and angels (1 Corinthians 13:1). -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- III. Recorded Facts in the New Testament. (1.) The first recorded bestowment of the gift was at Pentecost (Acts href="/desk/?q=ac+10:44-46&sr=1">Acts 10:44-46. (3.) Certain disciples at Ephesus, who received the Holy Spirit in the laying on of Paul's hands, spake with tongues and prophesied, Acts 19:6. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- IV. Meaning of the Term “Tongue.” The various explanations are: the tongue alone, inarticulately: rare, provincial, poetic, or archaic words: language or dialect. The last is the correct definition. It does not necessarily mean any of the known languages of men, but may mean the speaker's own tongue, shaped in a peculiar manner by the Spirit's influence; or an entirely new spiritual language. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- V. Nature of the Gift in the Corinthian Church. (1.) The gift itself was identical with that at Pentecost, at Caesarea, and at Ephesus, but differed in its manifestations, in that it required an interpreter. 1 Corinthians 12:10, 1 Corinthians 12:30; 1 Corinthians 14:5, 1 Corinthians 14:13, 1 Corinthians 14:26, 1 Corinthians 14:27. (2.) It was closely connected with prophesying: 1 Corinthians 14:1-6, 1 Corinthians 14:22, 1 Corinthians 14:25; Acts 2:16-18; Acts 19:6. Compare 1 Thessalonians 5:19, 1 Thessalonians 5:20. It was distinguished from prophesying as an inferior gift, 1 Corinthians 14:4, 1 Corinthians 14:5; and as consisting in expressions of praise or devotion rather than of exhortation, warning, or prediction, 1 Corinthians 14:14-16. (3.) It was an ecstatic utterance, unintelligible to the hearers, and requiring interpretation, or a corresponding ecstatic condition on the part of the hearer in order to understand it. It was not for the edification of the hearer but of the speaker, and even the speaker did not always understand it, 1 Corinthians 14:2, 1 Corinthians 14:19. It therefore impressed unchristian bystanders as a barbarous utterance, the effect of madness or drunkenness, Acts 2:13, Acts 2:15; 1 Corinthians 14:11, 1 Corinthians 14:23. Hence it is distinguished from the utterance of the understanding, 1 Corinthians 14:4, 1 Corinthians 14:14-16, 1 Corinthians 14:19, 1 Corinthians 14:27. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- VI. Paul's Estimate of the Gift. He himself was a master of the gift (1 Corinthians 14:18), but he assigned it an inferior position (1 Corinthians 14:4, 1 Corinthians 14:5), and distinctly gave prophesying and speaking with the understanding the preference (1 Corinthians 14:2, 1 Corinthians 14:3, 1 Corinthians 14:5, 1 Corinthians 14:19, 1 Corinthians 14:22). -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- VII. Results and Permanence. Being recognized distinctly as a gift of the Spirit, it must be inferred that it contributed in some way to the edification of the Church; but it led to occasional disorderly outbreaks (1 Corinthians 14:9, 1 Corinthians 14:11, 1 Corinthians 14:17, 1 Corinthians 14:20-23, 1 Corinthians 14:26-28, 1 Corinthians 14:33, 1 Corinthians 14:40). As a fact it soon passed away from the Church. It is not mentioned in the Catholic or Pastoral Epistles. A few allusions to it occur in the writings of the fathers of the second century. Ecstatic conditions and manifestations marked the Montanists at the close of the second century, and an account of such a case, in which a woman was the subject, is given by Tertullian. Similar phenomena have emerged at intervals in various sects, at times of great religious excitement, as among the Camisards in France, the early Quakers and Methodists, and especially the Irvingites. -DIVIDER- -DIVIDER- [source]
Distinct aim in view as in 1 Corinthians 14:5. Old verb from προπητης prophētēs common in N.T. Present subjunctive, “that ye may keep on prophesying.” [source]
Condition of first class. Paul assumes that they are holding it fast. Except ye believed in vain (εκτος ει μη εικηι επιστευσατε ektos ei mē eikēi episteusate). For εκτος ει μη ektos ei mē see note on 1 Corinthians 14:5. Condition of first class, unless in fact ye did believe to no purpose (εικηι eikēi old adverb, only in Paul in N.T.). Paul holds this peril over them in their temptation to deny the resurrection. [source]
For εκτος ει μη ektos ei mē see note on 1 Corinthians 14:5. Condition of first class, unless in fact ye did believe to no purpose Paul holds this peril over them in their temptation to deny the resurrection. [source]
Except. A pleonastic formula, except in case. The formula in 1 Corinthians 14:5; 1 Corinthians 15:9. [source]
Better, I desire. See on Matthew 1:19, and comp. Philemon 1:12. Paul's word is θέλω Iwill. See Romans 16:19; 1 Corinthians 7:32; 1 Corinthians 10:20; 1 Corinthians 14:5, 1 Corinthians 14:19, etc. [source]
Present middle imperative with μη mē (prohibition) of παραδεχομαι paradechomai to receive, to entertain. Old verb. See Acts 22:18. Accusation (κατηγοριαν katēgorian). Old word (from κατηγορος katēgoros). In N.T. only here, Titus 1:6; John 18:29 in critical text. Except For this double construction see note on 1 Corinthians 14:5; 1 Corinthians 15:2. At the mouth of (επι epi). Idiomatic use of επι epi (upon the basis of) as in 2 Corinthians 13:1. [source]
For this double construction see note on 1 Corinthians 14:5; 1 Corinthians 15:2. At the mouth of (επι epi). Idiomatic use of επι epi (upon the basis of) as in 2 Corinthians 13:1. [source]