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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: Hi Vintage, If I may just step in here for some clarification of the verse in Romans that many use to bolster the legitimacy of speaking in tongues. Lets take a 'careful' look at it in the NASB, if you please. Romans 8:26 "in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;" What does it say about the groanings that the Holy Spirit intercedes with? Does it say the Holy Spirit speaks words? No, it says the groanings are 'too deep' for words. That means, no words. You cant have a language without words. So this verse actually means the opposite of what you and others are saying it means. Lets look at it in the KJV. v 26 "Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered." It says the groanings, "cannot be uttered." That would not mean that the gronings are some kind of language; because they what? Because they 'cannot' be uttered. Now the meaning of utter is, to send forth with the voice, or, to articulate, pronounce, or speak words. This verse clearly says that, speaking words or utterance to express these gronings, cannot be done because they are too deep for words. Now you may say: how can the Holy Spirit intercede without words? Verse 27, and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Because; "He who searches the hearts" (God the Father) "knows what the mind of the Spirit is" (God knows the mind/thoughts without words) "because He (the Holy Spirit) intercedes for the saints according to the will of God." The Holy Spirit knows the will of God, they are in perfect communication as two persons of the God-head and of the same mind. No words are needed because, the Holy Spirit already knows the will of God. I hope that helps John |