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1 Corinthians 14

1 Cor. 14:38 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
if
ei (Greek #1487)
if, whether, that, etc.
KJV usage: forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether. Often used in connection or composition with other particles, especially as in 1489, 1490, 1499, 1508, 1509, 1512, 1513, 1536, 1537. See also 1437.
Pronounce: i
Origin: a primary particle of conditionality
any man
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
be ignorant
agnoeo (Greek #50)
not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)
KJV usage: (be) ignorant(-ly), not know, not understand, unknown.
Pronounce: ag-no-eh'-o
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3539
, let him be ignorant
agnoeo (Greek #50)
not to know (through lack of information or intelligence); by implication, to ignore (through disinclination)
KJV usage: (be) ignorant(-ly), not know, not understand, unknown.
Pronounce: ag-no-eh'-o
Origin: from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3539
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Hos. 4:17• 17--Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone. (Hos. 4:17)
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Matt. 7:6• 6Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine, lest they trample them with their feet, and turning round rend you. (Matt. 7:6)
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Matt. 15:14• 14Leave them alone; they are blind leaders of blind: but if blind lead blind, both will fall into a ditch. (Matt. 15:14)
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1 Tim. 6:3‑5• 3If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which is according to piety,
 4he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but sick about questions and disputes of words, out of which arise envy, strife, injurious words, evil suspicions,
 5constant quarrellings of men corrupted in mind and destitute of the truth, holding gain to be the end of piety. (1 Tim. 6:3‑5)
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2 Tim. 4:3‑4• 3For the time shall be when they will not bear sound teaching; but according to their own lusts will heap up to themselves teachers, having an itching ear;
 4and they will turn away their ear from the truth, and will have turned aside to fables. (2 Tim. 4:3‑4)
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Rev. 22:11‑12• 11Let him that does unrighteously do unrighteously still; and let the filthy make himself filthy still; and let him that is righteous practise righteousness still; and he that is holy, let him be sanctified still.
 12Behold, I come quickly, and my reward with me, to render to every one as his work shall be. (Rev. 22:11‑12)
• Let power of the Spirit then be shown in the recognition of His commandment. Does any one refuse subjection on the score of ignorance? Then let him keep the place of ignorance and not pretend to teach….The refractory are best left in His hands whose words they cavil at: if His own, He knows how to break them down and make them thankful for the light, the refusal of which keeps them in ignorance. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 14:26-40” by W. Kelly)
• If any were ignorant that he wrote by the Spirit with the authority of God, it was ignorance indeed; let such be given up to their ignorance. Spiritual and simple men would be delivered from such pretensions. Those who were really filled with the Spirit would acknowledge that what the Apostle wrote came immediately from God. (“1 Corinthians 14” by J.N. Darby)
• Does any one refuse subjection on the score of ignorance? Then let him keep the place of ignorance and not pretend to teach. Those who wish to guide others should know what is, and what is not, of the Lord. It is really a question of will in those who do not see; for His injunction fails not in power to reach the conscience. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 14:26-40” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But if any be ignorant, let him be ignorant.

W. Kelly Translation

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But if anyone is ignorant, let him bea ignorant.

WK Translation Notes

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The common reading has excellent authority, but some read "he is ignored."