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1 | Tongues in different settings? | 1 Cor 14:22 | Just Read Mark | 151054 | ||
Thanks to everyone who has responded to my question! We tend to answer questions out of our general knowledge, rather than deal directly with the text. This particular text says "Tongues, then, are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers." Some of the responses have contradicted this (ie. tongues are for believers, or of no benefit whatsoever...) without explaining how the conclusions were arrived at. Earlier in the chapter, Paul talks about speaking mysteries in the spirit and thereby "building up themselves" (v.4). So it seems there is a place for private tongues, as an act of worship --- but that this sort of tongues should not be used in a group. In a group, we should be striving to "build up the church" (v 12). It appears tongues can function in this way if there is an interpreter (v. 5). Tongues is good, but prophecy is a more reliable way to build up the church. Do you think this is a reasonable sumation of the first half of the chapter? There is then a shift at verse 20, which leads to a statement that seems contradictory to what I just stated. Where the first part says tongues are for the believer's private use or (with an interpreter) among believers, the next verses say tongues are to benefit unbelievers, not believers. Help me out here. It seems contradictory, but I suspect I'm just not getting the whole sense of it. There are, perhaps different uses of tongues. Let's leave the events of Pentecost aside, since that seems an extraordinary blessing, beyond the normal experience of the churches. Instead, please help with this particular chapter. Yours JRM. |
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2 | Tongues in different settings? | 1 Cor 14:22 | NYP | 151147 | ||
Your words are wise, so I trust you will understand the following. Whatever you do, preserver. You may, or may not soon find the answer you seek. In Gods Word, what today appears contradictory to those who "trust in His word," will tomorrow, come to light. There is so much more than just the words we read in scripture. I have trusted in Proverbs 3:5-6 many times. Some answers were over 30 years in coming. Many came shortly, when I wasn’t even looking for them. |
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