1 Corinthians 14:15

Origen

• Origen, De Principiis II.8Book II

  “For this, I think, he indicates when he says, “I will pray with the spirit, I will pray with the understanding also; I will sing with the spirit, I will sing with the understanding also.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 22

  “Sing with the spirit, but sing with the understanding also.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

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• Jerome, Letters Letter 125

  “The apostle says: “I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the understanding also,” and to the Ephesians, “make melody in your hearts to the Lord.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, On Prayer Chapter 28

  “We are the true adorers and the true priests, who, praying in spirit, sacrifice, in spirit, prayer,—a victim proper and acceptable to God, which assuredly He has required, which He has looked forward to for Himself!” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiv. 15; Eph. vi. 18.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2

  “And perchance it is those two trumpets by which Paul, through the Divine Spirit, spake when he said: “I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray with the understanding, I will sing with the Spirit, and I will sing with the understanding;” for the one without the other seems by no means to have perfect utterance.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 32

  “And again,—We know not what we should pray for as we ought; but the Spirit Itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered; and I will pray with the Spirit and I will pray with the understanding also;—that is, in the mind and in the Spirit.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 21

  “Whence the Apostle says, “I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

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John Cassian

• John Cassian, The Institutes II.11Book II

  “For they do not care about the quantity of verses, but about the intelligence of the mind; aiming with all their might at this: “I will sing with the spirit: I will sing also with the understanding.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xiv. 15.

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• Ephesians 6:18

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 28.

• 1 Peter 2:5

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 28.

• Isaiah 1:11

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 28.

• John 4:23

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 28.

• John 4:24

  Cited together in On Prayer Chapter 28.