WhatΤίis itἐστινthen,οὖνbrothers?ἀδελφοίWhenὅτανyou come together,συνέρχησθεeach oneἕκαστοςhasἔχειa psalm,ψαλμὸνhasἔχειa teaching,διδαχὴνhasἔχειa revelation,ἀποκάλυψινhasἔχειa tongue,γλῶσσανhasἔχειan interpretation.ἑρμηνείανLet all thingsπάνταbe doneγινέσθωforπρὸςbuilding up.οἰκοδομὴν
1 Corinthians 14:26
Study it in the app“What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.”
When they meet, each one brings something to build upThe Church and Community
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 14:26, word by word
- is itἐστινestin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appears- brothersἀδελφοίadelphoi
brother in faith
A believer, of the same family of God through the Messiah.
Where else “adelphoi” appears- Whenὅτανhotan
when, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “hotan” appears- you come togetherσυνέρχησθεsynerchēsthe
come together
To assemble in one place.
Where else “synerchēsthe” appears- each oneἕκαστοςhekastos
each
Each, each one.
Where else “hekastos” appears- hasἔχειechei
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echei” appears- a psalmψαλμὸνpsalmon
psalm
Psalm: a song of praise; the book of Psalms.
Where else “psalmon” appears- a teachingδιδαχὴνdidachēn
teaching
Teaching.
Where else “didachēn” appears- a revelationἀποκάλυψινapokalypsin
revelation
Revelation: an uncovering, making known what was hidden.
Where else “apokalypsin” appears- a tongueγλῶσσανglōssan
tongues
The gift of speaking in tongues the Spirit gives.
Where else “glōssan” appears- an interpretationἑρμηνείανhermēneian
interpretation
Interpretation: explaining what was said in another language.
Where else “hermēneian” appears- be doneγινέσθωginesthō
happen
For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.
Where else “ginesthō” appears- building upοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēn
building up
Helping others grow in faith.
Where else “oikodomēn” appears
The context
25the secrets of his heart become evident, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God, declaring that God is really among you.
26 · This verse (above)
27If anyone speaks in a tongue, let it be by two or at the most three, and in turn, and let one interpret.