1 Corinthians 14:17 — Greek Interlinear

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:17

“For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.” Observe how again here he brings his stone to the plumb-line, every where seeking the edification of the Church. Now by the “unlearned” he means the laymen, and signifies that he also suffers no little loss when he is unable to say the Amen. And what he says is this: “if you shall bless in a barbarian tongue, not knowing what you say, nor able to interpret, the layman cannot respond the Amen. For not hearing…