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4. ἑαυτὸν οἰκοδομεῖ. Not necessarily because he understands what he is saying, but because his spirit, stirred up by the Spirit of God, is led by the experience of the inward emotion to praise God. Estius. See 1Co 14:14.
ὁ δὲ προφητεύων. The profit of the brethren is ever St Paul’s object. Cf. 1Co 14:6; 1Co 14:12; ch. 1Co 6:12, &c. Prophecy is to be preferred to the gift of tongues because it is more directly useful. See note, ch. 1Co 12:28.
ἐκκλησίαν. The article is omitted here, just as we say ‘in Parliament,’ ‘at meeting,’ ‘in synod,’ and the like. These, however, are more parallel to ἐκκλησία with a preposition (see 1Co 14:19; 1Co 14:35). Our expression ‘dissolve Parliament,’ however, is an instance in point.