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6. ἐὰν ἔλθω. ‘If I shall have come.’ So ἐὰν μὴ λαλήσω ‘unless I shall have spoken.’ Throughout the chapter the conditional protasis is followed by the apodosis in the fut. indic. See 1Co 14:8-9; 1Co 14:11; 1Co 14:16, &c.
ἐν ἀποκαλύψει. Rather more than ‘by revelation.’ It signifies the spirit in which the Apostle’s instruction is carried on. So in the rest of the sentence.
ἐν γνώσει. See ch. 1Co 12:8.
ἐν προφητείᾳ. See note on προφητεύητε above, 1Co 14:1.
ἐν διδαχῇ. Care must be taken not to understand this word, frequently translated doctrine in the A.V., in the technical sense the word has now acquired. The word means no more than teaching. ‘Unless I come with a view of teaching you.’ See the distinction between the prophet and the teacher in ch. 1Co 12:28.