The Works of

Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N. Lee

Tongues at Corinth: Languages, not Ecstasies!

“The apostle therefore directs such, if any there were — instead of priding themselves on their endowments, and instead of always speaking in an unknown tongue which would be useless to the church — to pray for the more useful gift of being able to convey their thoughts in a clear and intelligible manner in their vernacular tongue. This would be useful.”

For those who “had the power of speaking with eminent ability in a foreign language — they ought to desire to be able to interpret, so that they would be intelligible to the people whom they addressed in the church.” For “the power of speaking foreign languages and the power of interpreting, were not always united in the same person — as appears from chap. 12:10.”

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