1 Corinthians 14:36

1 Corinthians 14:36

What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?

a. ASV: What? was it from you that the word of God went forth? or came it unto you alone?

b. YLT: From you did the word of God come forth? or to you alone did it come?

c. Classic Amplified: What! Did the word of the Lord originate with you [Corinthians], or has it reached only you?

1. “What? came the word of God out from you?...”

a. What [Strong: 2228 ḗ, ay; a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than:—and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially G2235, G2260, G2273.]

b. came...out [Strong: 1831   exérchomai, ex-er'-khom-ahee; from G1537 and G2064; to issue (literally or figuratively):—come (forth, out), depart (out of), escape, get out, go (abroad, away, forth, out, thence), proceed (forth), spread abroad.]

c. the [Strong: [ὁ] ho ho, including the feminine he hay, and the neuter to to in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.] [Thayer: ὁ, ἡ, τό, originally τος, τῇ, τό (as is evident from the forms τοι, ται for οἱ, αἱ in Homer and the Ionic writings), corresponds to our definite article the (German der, die, das), which is properly a demonstrative pronoun, which we see in its full force in Homer, and of which we find certain indubitable traces also in all kinds of Greek prose, and hence also in the N. T.]

d. word [Strong: 3056 lógos, log'-os; from G3004; something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ):—account, cause, communication, × concerning, doctrine, fame, × have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, × speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.]

e. [of] God [Strong: 2316 theós, theh'-os; of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:—X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).]

f. from [Strong: 575 apó, apo'; a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative):—(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with.]

g. you [Strong: 5216 hymōn, hoo-mone'; genitive case of G5210; of (from or concerning) you:—ye, you, your (own, -selves).]

1). The question is did the word of God come out from you? Did it originate from you? The answer is no. The answer is given in the next verse.

a). 1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

2. “...or came it unto you only?”

a. Or [Strong: 2228 ḗ, ay; a primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than:—and, but (either), (n-)either, except it be, (n-)or (else), rather, save, than, that, what, yea. Often used in connection with other particles. Compare especially G2235, G2260, G2273.]

b. came [it] [Strong: 2658 katantáō, kat-an-tah'-o; from G2596 and a derivative of G473; to meet against, i.e. arrive at (literally or figuratively):—attain, come.]

c. unto [Strong: 1519 eis, ice; a primary preposition; to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases:—(abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), …ward, (where-)fore, with.]

d. you [Strong: 5209 hymâs, hoo-mas'; accusative case of G5210; you (as the objective of a verb or preposition):—ye, you (+ -ward), your (+ own).]

e. only [Strong: 3441 mónos, mon'-os; probably from G3306; remaining, i.e. sole or single; by implication, mere:—alone, only, by themselves.]

1). What a question. Is the word of God here just for you? Are the commandments concerning the regulations of the gift of speaking in tongues (1 Corinthians 14:1-35) just for you in this time in history. Someone may say to me, “Don, you are adding your own personal interpretation to what the word and Spirit of God is saying.” Really? In the next verse paul declares that these regulations are the commandments of God 1 Corinthians 14:37). And in 2 Corinthians 1:13 Paul writes by the Spirit of God that the things that he writes are to be acknowledged to the end. 

a). 2 Corinthians 1:13   For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;

b). The end being this, that the commandments concerning the regulation of the gifts of the Spirit, kinds of tongues and the interpretation of tongues in public and private are to be acknowledged to the end, when tongues “will cease” (1 corinthians 13:8) when we see Jesus face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12; 1 John 3:2).