Tongues, Prophecy & Order in Worship - 1 Corinthians 14:14-40 Explained

B28L10 What does 1 Corinthians 14 really teach about speaking in tongues, praying with understanding, and the role of women in the church? In this verse-by-verse Bible study, we examine Paul's instructions to the Corinthian church and what they actually mean for believers today — without the traditions and assumptions that have built up around these controversial passages. Les Feldick takes us through 1 Corinthians 14:14-40, explaining Paul's teaching that praying and singing should be done with understanding, not in unknown languages that leave the mind unfruitful. He cross-references Deuteronomy 28:49 to show the Old Testament background of foreign languages as a sign of judgment against Israel, and 1 Corinthians 1:22 confirming that tongues were a sign to the Jews, not to believers. He then addresses the passage about women keeping silence in the churches, explaining the cultural context of Corinth — a city notorious for its temple prostitutes and gross immorality — and why Paul instructed women to be subdued and not to speak in ways that would associate them with the prostitutes of the street. He also takes us back to Genesis 3:16 to show the origin of the husband's headship from the curse in the Garden of Eden. 📖 Key Topics Covered: • What does 1 Corinthians 14:14-15 mean about praying in an unknown tongue? • Why Paul said "I will pray with understanding" — 1 Corinthians 14:15 • Paul's gift of languages and why he preferred five words with understanding over ten thousand in an unknown tongue — 1 Corinthians 14:18-19 • Deuteronomy 28:49 explained — the Old Testament prophecy about a nation whose tongue Israel would not understand • Why tongues were a sign to the Jew, not to the believer — 1 Corinthians 1:22 and 14:22 • Speaking forth the Word vs. speaking in tongues — 1 Corinthians 14:23-25 • Let all things be done decently and in order — 1 Corinthians 14:40 • Women in the church — the cultural context of Corinth's temple prostitutes explained — 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 • Genesis 3:16 — the curse, childbearing, and the husband's headship over the wife 🔑 1 Corinthians 14 explained verse by verse, speaking in tongues Bible study, pray with understanding meaning, unknown tongue in the Bible, Paul women silence in church explained, Deuteronomy 28:49 tongues prophecy, 1 Corinthians 14:34 women context, Genesis 3:16 curse explained, Corinthian church problems, Les Feldick Bible study verse by verse. ✝️ About This Channel: Les Feldick Bible Study brings you verse-by-verse Bible teaching that makes the scriptures come alive. 📖 Visit our website: www.lesfeldickbiblestudy.com If this study blessed you, please LIKE the video and SHARE it with someone who needs to hear this teaching. 00:00 — Introduction and Welcome to the Class 00:29 — Opening Remarks — An Informal Bible Study Setting 01:18 — Program Number Explained — Book and Tape 28 02:20 — Back to 1 Corinthians 14 — Starting at Verse 14 03:10 — 1 Corinthians 14:14 — Praying in an Unknown Tongue, Understanding Unfruitful 04:18 — 1 Corinthians 14:15 — I Will Pray and Sing with Understanding 05:55 — 1 Corinthians 14:16-17 — Blessing with Understanding So Others Can Say Amen 06:54 — 1 Corinthians 14:18-19 — Paul's Gift of Languages vs. Five Words with Understanding 08:52 — 1 Corinthians 14:20 — Be Not Children in Understanding, Grow Up 09:15 — 1 Corinthians 14:21 — Quoting the Law — Deuteronomy 28:49 09:44 — Deuteronomy 28:49 — A Nation Whose Tongue Thou Shalt Not Understand 11:00 — Back to 1 Corinthians 14:21-22 — Tongues Are for a Sign to the Jew 11:53 — 1 Corinthians 1:22 — The Jews Require a Sign 13:00 — 1 Corinthians 14:22 — Prophesying for Believers, Tongues for Unbelievers 14:20 — The Purpose of Tongues as a Sign to Unbelieving Israel 15:52 — 1 Corinthians 14:23-25 — Speaking the Word vs. Confusion of Languages 17:00 — The Greek Word "Maniac" — Unbelievers' Reaction to Tongues 17:28 — 1 Corinthians 14:24-25 — Prophesy Convinces the Unbeliever 17:57 — 1 Corinthians 14:26-33 — Let All Things Be Done to Edification 18:16 — 1 Corinthians 14:40 — Let Everything Be Done Decently and in Order 18:26 — 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 — Women Keep Silence in the Churches 19:00 — The Cultural Context of Corinth — A Wicked City of Temple Prostitutes 20:17 — Why Paul Warned Women Not to Be Like the Brazen Prostitutes 21:24 — 1 Corinthians 14:34 — Women Subdued, Opposite of the Women of the Street 22:16 — Christianity Brought the Greatest Liberty to Women 22:48 — 1 Corinthians 14:35 — Let Them Ask Their Husbands at Home 23:20 — Genesis 3:16 — The Curse and the Husband's Headship Over the Wife 24:30 — Childbearing and the Curse — The Millennium Perspective 25:22 — 1 Corinthians 14:36-37 — Paul's Writings Are the Commandments of the Lord 26:14 — 1 Corinthians 14:38 — If Any Man Be Ignorant, Let Him Be Ignorant 26:36 — 1 Corinthians 14:39-40 — Covet to Prophesy, Do All Decently and in Order 27:32 — Closing — Ministry Information and Contact