Prior Book | Prior Chapter | Prior Verse | Next Verse | Next Chapter | Next Book | Viewing NASB and Amplified 2015 | |
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: Do holy people have to speak in tongues? |
Bible Note: And all of this still does not adequately address Paul's clear teaching on the distribution of different gifts to different believers: "All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they? All do not have gifts of healings, do they? ALL DO NOT SPEAK WITH TONGUES, DO THEY? All do not interpret, do they?" --1 Corinthians 12:29-30 All do not speak in tongues. God gave that gift to some in the first-century church. He apparently did not give it to others. Same with the other gifts mentioned (see back in 12:28 that this is the way God APPOINTED it to be). There is no getting around this clearly-worded passage on spiritual gifts without dismantling Paul's whole argument. The over-emphasis on tongues by most in the charismatic/Pentecostal movements is an insult to those whom God has used in a mighty way to preserve His church who never spoke in a tongue (Augustine, Luther, Calvin, Edwards, etc.). But I suppose that you, Ezekiel, know something that these men of God apparently missed, something that made them ineffective and not led truly led by the Spirit of God. Which brings me back to one of my favorite things to say on this forum: get thee to a church history book, and see how God has REALLY been working between A.D. 100 and A.D. 1905. --Joe! |