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NASB | 1 Corinthians 12:30 All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 12:30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? |
Subject: speaking in tounges |
Bible Note: Greetings Azure! I love Dr. MacArthur, but he has a major blind spot when it comes to spiritual gifts. He has proposed several very unusual positions in his various books about spiritual gifts. In one, he proposes that the plural 'tongues' refers to a counterfeit gift, while the 'singular' refers to the true gift. Yet, in 1 Cor. 14:18, Paul says, "I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you." Notice the plural form of tongues! Is Paul saying that he uses the counterfeit gift more than they do? :-) In the quote you cited, Dr. MacArthur argues that 1 Cor. 14:2 is saying that the Corinthians were speaking in a tongue to a pagan 'god', not 'God'. Yet, in v. 5 of 1 Cor. 14, Paul says that he would like every one to speak in tongues. Is he saying that he wants them all to speak to a pagan god, since that is what they supposedly were doing in v. 2? In fact, his argument about 1 Cor. 14:2 violates his own position since he also argues that the singular 'tongue' always refers to the true gift of God. Dr. MacArthur tries to hard to discredit tongues, and by doing so, he twists the Scriptures on this topic. The only point that 1 Cor. 14 makes about tongues is that uninterpreted tongues 'only' edifies oneself and in a public worship service the goal is to edify others. Thus, interpreted tongues is fine (in a limited number), but uninterpreted tongues should be kept to oneself. I would take anything Dr. MacArthur says about spiritual gifts with several grains of salt. On everything else, he is awesome. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |