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NASB | 1 Corinthians 13:1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 13:1 ¶ If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God's love for me], then I have become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]. |
Bible Question:
We do not know what Jesus looked liked. Where does the Bible say there is a difference between tongues of men and tongues of angels? When angels spoke to men, what language did they use? |
Bible Answer: In Revelation Chapters 8,9 and several others, John refers to the angels as "angel sounded" Angels sing, angels praise. The sounds they make I can only imagine must be beautiful beyond our ears. I believe they speak as humans, and I believe their utterances go beyond our language as well. In Genesis chapter 18 Abraham was visited by angels, they spoke to him. What I believe ICor. 13:1 is referring to is the issue of LOVE. The angels language, means of worship, sounds they make are beautiful, eloquent as McGee describes it, but without love the sounds would be empty. And I quote V.McGee "You can sing like a seraph, but without love it is nothing but the hiss of hell." |