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NASB | 1 Corinthians 14:22 So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy is for a sign, not to unbelievers but to those who believe. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 14:22 Therefore, [unknown] tongues are [meant] for a [supernatural] sign, not to believers but to unbelievers [who might be receptive]; while prophecy [foretelling the future, speaking a new message from God to the people] is not for unbelievers but for believers. |
Subject: Tongues, madness or sign for unbeliever |
Bible Note: I would like to take some time to ponder your questions. However, I would like to address the later part now. Please forgive me, but I have never been good at memorizing or remembering where a particular passage is. Thank God for e-Sword. I have to look up each passage as I remember it. Sometimes this is very hard, since I have used the NIV for many years and e-Sword does not support it yet. Personally, when I think of the word "tongues," be it plural or other wise, I think of it as "unknown tongues." A language no man can understand without the gift of interpretation. Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 1 Co 12 specifically spells out the fact that “speaking in different kinds of tongues” is a gift, as is the interpretation of tongues, as well as at least 7 other gifts of the Spirit. Different kinds of tongues, I believe refers occasionally, but not specifically to known languages, but what to man, is an unknown tongue or language. I am pleased to note that though I have never studied this particular topic in this commentary, I just discovered that VINCENT'S WORD STUDIES spells out my thoughts in nearly my own words. III. Recorded Facts in the New Testament. (1.) The first recorded bestowment of the gift was at Pentecost (Acts 2). The question arises whether the speakers were miraculously endowed to speak with other tongues, or whether the Spirit interpreted the apostle's words to each in his own tongue. Probably the latter was the case, since there is no subsequent notice of the apostles preaching in foreign tongues; there is no allusion to foreign tongues by Peter, nor by Joel, whom he quotes. This fact, moreover, would go to explain the opposite effects on the hearers. (2.) Under the power of the Spirit, the company addressed by Peter in the house of Cornelius at Caesarea spake with tongues. Act_10:44-46. (3.) Certain disciples at Ephesus, who received the Holy Spirit in the laying on of Paul's hands, spake with tongues and prophesied, Act_19:6. IV. Meaning of the Term “Tongue.” The various explanations are: the tongue alone, inarticulately: rare, provincial, poetic, or archaic words: language or dialect. The last is the correct definition. It does not necessarily mean any of the known languages of men, but may mean the speaker's own tongue, shaped in a peculiar manner by the Spirit's influence; or an entirely new spiritual language. Your Brother In Christ NYP |