1 Corinthians 14:25 BSB

1 Corinthians 14:25

and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

BSB

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ASV

the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.

KJV

And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.

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Commentary

3 voices

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book V (220)

Let Marcion then exhibit, as gifts of his god, some prophets, such as have not spoken by human sense, but with the Spirit of God, such as have both predicted things to come, and have made manifest the secrets of the heart; let him produce a psalm, a vision, a prayer -only let it be by the Spirit, in an ecstasy, that is, in a rapture, whenever an interpretation of tongues has occurred to him; let him show to me also, that any woman of boastful tongue in his community has ever prophesied from amongst those specially holy sisters of his.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on 1 Corinthians (1107)

Do you see how prophecy is more useful, how, by revealing the secrets of the heart, it compels the unbeliever to acknowledge God, to fall down and worship, and to confess: "Truly God is among you"? God did something similar with Nebuchadnezzar as well. For …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The secrets of his heart are made manifest - Laid open, clearly described; in a manner which to him is most astonishing and utterly unaccountable. How many instances of it are seen at this day!

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Religious exercises in Christian assemblies should be such as are fit to edify the faithful, and convince, affect, and convert unbelievers. The ministry was not instituted to make ostentation of gifts and parts, but to save souls.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest - Made manifest to himself in a surprising and remarkable manner. He shall be led to see the “real” designs and motives of his heart. His conscience would be awakened; he would recall his former course of life; he would see that it was evil; and the present state of his heart would be made known to himself. It is possible that he would “suppose that the speaker was aiming directly at him, and “revealing” his feelings to others; for such an effect is often produced.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
κρυπτὰ	krupta	secrets	G2927 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
καρδίας	kardias	heart	G2588 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
φανερὰ	phanera	manifest	G5318 →
γίνεται,	ginetai	become,	G1096 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
οὕτως	houtōs	thus	G3779 →
πεσὼν	pesōn	having fallen	G4098 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
πρόσωπον	prosōpon	[his] face	G4383 →
προσκυνήσει	proskunēsei	he will worship	G4352 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
θεῷ	theō	God	G2316 →
ἀπαγγέλλων	apangellōn	declaring	G518 →
ὅτι	hoti	that	G3754 →
ὄντως	ontōs	certainly	G3689 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸς	theos	God	G2316 →
ἐν	en	among	G1722 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
ἐστιν.¶	estin	is.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Zechariah 8:23
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for…
leads to
- Isaiah 55:5
  Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory…
- Isaiah 45:14
  This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
- Isaiah 60:3
  Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Acts 13:47–48
  For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
- Isaiah 66:18
  “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
Through
Isaiah 45:14
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
leads to
- Isaiah 49:23
  Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
Through
Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…
leads to
- Exodus 34:28
  So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Through
Luke 17:16
He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
leads to
- Acts 8:5–25
  Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.

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