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NASB | 1 Corinthians 14:6 ¶ But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching? |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 14:6 ¶ Now, believers, if I come to you speaking in unknown tongues, how will I benefit you unless I also speak to you [clearly] either by revelation [revealing God's mystery], or by knowledge [teaching about God], or by prophecy [foretelling the future, speaking a new message from God to the people], or by instruction [teaching precepts that develop spiritual maturity]? |
Subject: Acts 2:2 |
Bible Note: Hi Doc, "I am only "set" in my beliefs to the extent that I am persuaded by Scripture." - I stand cheerfully corrected!! :-) In 1 Cor 12-14, tongues are mentioned 22 times in 20 verses, nearly one-fourth of the text. This seems to me to be more than incidental. This is tantamount to a whole chapter just about tongues, if it were all together. Paul began the section with "I do not want you to be ignorant", and he wrote more about tongues than about any other gift. Paul gives a very clear teaching - tongues are meaningful for praying to God, but should be severely limited when in assembly, because they are not as meaningful for edifying the church, only being meaningful for edifying the church if interpreted. Prophecy is more meaningful for edifying the church, and since we are primarily to serve others (that part comes from other Scriptures), we do better to prophesy, so he instructs us to want that more. Unless you come to this passage with a predisposition to see it another way, this is the the only conclusion which can be drawn from, and supported by, the text. If you disagree with that, please demonstrate from the text, exegetically, how it says something different. And yes, I am very grateful for the works of others, more knowledgible and studious than I. I highly regard the works of many of these men, esp. Gill (yes, Gill), JFB, and Barnes. Lightfoot has also added much to my study of the Scriptures. But do I understand you correctly to be saying that we should use a narrative passage, the Book of the Acts, to tell us how to interpret a didactic passage, Paul's letter the the Corinthians, and so let the narrative be the determiner of doctrine, and not the didactic? Love in Christ Mark |