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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? |
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Bible Note: The last few verses of Mark have come up a couple of times in this discussion, and I would like to park there for a moment to look at them: 'And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."' --Mark 16:15-18 I would like to know why many people interpret this to mean that everyone who is a believer should speak in tongues and should ask for it. I often hear of people telling others to trust the Holy Spirit and open your maouth and start uttering. However, I rarely hear anyone telling others to trust God as they pick up the rattlesnake or to believe on God as they drink the bleach. It seems pretty inconsistent to me that one claims to trust God for tongues but doesn't have enough faith to juggle cobras or chug the arsenic. If we are to truly operate in the gifts, we shouldn't be limiting ourself merely to tongues. Speaking of tongues, this post is indeed tongue-in-cheek, so I assume no responsibility for those who actually destroy their stomach lining by following this counsel. You see, these verses in Mark do not appear in the earliest manuscripts we have available, so they are quite possibly a later addition to the divinely-inspired text. --Joe! |