1Cor 14:16 | RWP | e4.org | Else if thou bless with the spirit ( επε εαν ευλογηις εν πνευματ ). Third class condition. He means that, if one is praying and praising God ( ) in an ecstatic prayer, the one who does not understand the ecstasy will be at a loss when to say "amen" at the close of the prayer. In the synagogues the Jews used responsive amens at the close of prayers ( ; ; ; ). He that filleth the place of the unlearned ( ο αναπληρων τον τοπον του ιδιωτου ). Not a special part of the room, but the position of the ιδιωτου (from ιδιος , one's own), common from Herodotus for private person ( ), unskilled ( ), uninitiated (unlearned) in the gift of tongues as here and verses . At thy giving of thanks ( επ τη ση ευχαριστια ). Just the prayer, not the Eucharist or the Lord's Supper, as is plain from verse .

‏ 1 Corinthians 14:16

Else if thou bless with the spirit ( επε εαν ευλογηις εν πνευματ ). Third class condition. He means that, if one is praying and praising God (10:16) in an ecstatic prayer, the one who does not understand the ecstasy will be at a loss when to say "amen" at the close of the prayer. In the synagogues the Jews used responsive amens at the close of prayers (Neh 5:13; 8:6; 1Ch 16:36; Ps 106:48).

He that filleth the place of the unlearned ( ο αναπληρων τον τοπον του ιδιωτου ). Not a special part of the room, but the position of the ιδιωτου (from ιδιος, one's own), common from Herodotus for private person (Ac 4:13), unskilled (2Co 11:6), uninitiated (unlearned) in the gift of tongues as here and verses 23f.

At thy giving of thanks ( επ τη ση ευχαριστια ). Just the prayer, not the Eucharist or the Lord's Supper, as is plain from verse 17.