1 Corinthians 14:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 14:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 14:15 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 14:15 — KJV
“What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.”
— 1 Corinthians 14:15 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 14:15 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 14:15
“For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:15: pray, spirit, understanding
“Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:15: then, also, sing
“Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? howsoever: Heb. be what may ready: or, convenient”
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“And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. Treason: Heb. Conspiracy”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 14:15: then, also, sing
“Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.”
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