'Understand' in the Bible
Do you not know and understand that you [the church] are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells [permanently] in you [collectively and individually]?
But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not just the talk of these arrogant people, but [evaluate] their [spiritual] power [whether they live up to their own claims].
If anyone imagines that he knows and understands anything [of divine matters, without love], he has not yet known as he ought to know.
Therefore I want you to know that no one speaking by the [power and influence of the] Spirit of God can say, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is [my] Lord,” except by [the power and influence of] the Holy Spirit.
And if I have the gift of prophecy [and speak a new message from God to the people], and understand all mysteries, and [possess] all knowledge; and if I have all [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love [reaching out to others], I am nothing.
For now [in this time of imperfection] we see in a mirror dimly [a blurred reflection, a riddle, an enigma], but then [when the time of perfection comes we will see reality] face to face. Now I know in part [just in fragments], but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known [by God].
Yet even lifeless things, whether flute or harp, when producing a sound, if they do not produce distinct [musical] tones, how will anyone [listening] know what is piped or played?
So it is with you, if you speak words [in an unknown tongue] that are not intelligible and clear, how will anyone understand what you are saying? You will be talking into the air [wasting your breath]!
If anyone thinks and claims that he is a prophet [a true spokesman for God] or spiritually astute [filled with and energized by the Holy Spirit], let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Catch (67 instances)
- Collect (44 instances)
- Comprehend (53 instances)
- Follow (353 instances)
- Grasp (60 instances)
- Infer (1 instance)
- Interpret (23 instances)
- Master (460 instances)
- Read (100 instances)
- Realise (1 instance)
- Realize (184 instances)
- Sympathise (1 instance)
- Sympathize (6 instances)
- Translate (3 instances)
- Understand (440 instances)
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- Being Without Understanding
- Do You Understand?
- Drawbacks To Knowledge
- God Being With You
- God Giving Understanding
- God Has Understanding
- God's Ways Beyond Human Understanding
- Ignorant Of Facts
- Mere Talk
- Misunderstandings
- Not Understanding God's Things
- Not Understanding Language
- Not Understanding Other Things
- Not Understanding Sayings
- People's Inability To Understand
- Proper Understanding
- Prophecy
- Scripture, Understanding
- Speaking By The Spirit
- Spiritual Gifts
- Spiritual Understanding
- Unable To Understand
- Understanding
- Understanding God's Word