The Works of

Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N. Lee

Tongues at Corinth: Languages, not Ecstasies!

Calvin comments: “The Corinthians were giving undue attention to the gift of tongues, because it was more showy. For it is the case that, when people hear somebody speaking in a foreign language, they are unusually moved to wonderment…. It means a foreign language…. ‘Mysteries’…I interpret…as unintelligible, baffling, enigmatic sayings. As if Paul had written, ‘Nobody understands a word he says’….

“In our own day…there is a crying need for the knowledge of tongues…. Since the Holy Spirit has bestowed undying honour on tongues…, it is easy to deduce what sort of spirit moves those critics who make strong attacks against the study of languages….

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