“If tooi noi (‘with the understanding’) may mean, as the moderns say it does, ‘with a view to interpret’ (Meyer) — it certainly may mean ‘with a view to be understood.’ That is, this is what is implied and intended in what the apostle says. When a man spoke…tooi noi, ‘with the understanding’ –the ‘understanding’ was that controlling principle…. The man could so speak — as to be intelligible to others.”
Calvin on ‘sing[ing] in the spirit’ in I Cor. 14:15c
Comments Calvin: “When he [Paul] says ‘I shall sing the Psalms’ or ‘I shall sing’ [or psaloo], he is speaking specifically…. The Psalms had as their themes the praises of God. He [Paul] uses ‘singing psalms’ [psallein] for blessing or giving thanks to God…. From this verse, we also gather, however, that at that time the custom of singing was already in use among believers. That is also established by Pliny.
