The Works of

Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N. Lee

Tongues at Corinth: Languages, not Ecstasies!

 

 

Neo-Pentecostalistic misuse of I Cor. 14:13-14 untenable

The two consecutive verses I Cor. 14:13-14 cannot consistently be interpreted in the Classic-Pentecostalist way. However, still less can they consistently be interpreted in the way Neo-Pentecostalists try to do. For the two verses cannot possibly mean what Neo-Pentecostalistic ‘closet tongues-speakers’ would wish them to mean.

Neo-Pentecostalists misinterpret the passage as if it meant: ‘let him who prays ecstatically in private, not even try to see to it that the meaning of the utterance be explained there and then! After all, the human understanding even of the language-speaker is uncomprehending — throughout all such ecstatic prayer.’

Pages ( 47 of 108 ): « Back1 ... 4546 47 4849 ... 108Next »