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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: Everyone is a theologian as soon as s/he says ANYTHING about God. The question is whether one is a good theologian or a bad one. I have the Holy Spirit becuase I am a believer in Jesus Christ. What is being asked for in all of those passages you cite cannot be the Holy Spirit because it indwells every believer. "In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory." --Ephesians 1:13-14 One error being made here is the assumption that the Holy Spirit's presence inevitably means tongues and/or prophesying, when there are many other ways that He manifested His presence in Acts. Paul emphatically declares that the gift of tongues was never a gift for all (I did notice that once again 1 Cor. 12:28-30 was ignored yet again). The other problem is that when Jesus and James indicate that we receive by asking, there is absolutely nothing in those passages which indicate that tongues is being referred to. It is a paradigm problem. Too many people see "Holy Spirit" and automatically think "tongues and prophecy." There is no biblical basis for considering those two to be the same thing in all cases. --Joe! |