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NASB | Acts 2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:4 And they were all filled [that is, diffused throughout their being] with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (different languages), as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out [clearly and appropriately]. |
Bible Question: How do people feel about the gift of Speaking in Tongue? |
Bible Answer: Hi Dwayne, Now that you've heard some other responses, let me throw in one more. I feel good about the gift of Speaking in Tongues. I feel good about every gift He gives us. I don't have the gift, although my wife does. I have never heard her use it. It is very private for her. I have prayed to receive it. I believe that the Lord does not intend that gift for me, I think that He wants instead that I focus on praying with understanding. He knows that I can be lazy, and if I prayed in tongues, that might be the majority of praying I would do! :-) I'd like to add in a few more comments with some other people's posts in view. 1 Cor 14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. 14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. The implication to this passage is that, as Paul prays in an unknown tongue with his spirit, he also desires that his mind may be fruitful. So to this end, he desires the interpretation of his pray in tongues, that his mind may indeed be fruitful. He does not say "don't pray in tongues, because when you do, your mind is not fruitful." The bottom line for Paul is that he will pray both in tongues, and the regular way. He will pray with the spirit, also with the mind. I appreciate that ItsMe brought out the distinction between the Acts 2 manifestation of tongues, evangelizing in an unknown earthly language, and the 1 Cor. 14 manifestation of tongues, praying in an unknown heavenly language. I think that this is what Paul was refering to in 1Cor 13, "if I speak with the tongues of men and of angels..." 1 Cor. chapter 14 gives a solid foundation for the speaking in tongues. In vs. 5, Paul says that he wishes "you all would speak in tongues." Kind of a silly thing to wish if it's not for the church to do. There is much disagreement over whether these spiritual gifts are for today or not, (none are, some are, this one and not that one) and you may wish to peruse the archives to read some of the arguments. What do you think of the gift of tongues? Love in Christ, Mark |