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Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N. Lee

Tongues at Corinth: Languages, not Ecstasies!

Hodge himself, however, insists that this (Neo-)Pentecostalistic misunderstanding of I Cor. 14:14 “contradicts all those passages which teach that the speaker with tongues did understand himself [cf. I Cor. 14:2,4,16,29]. The words, therefore, must be understood to mean ‘my understanding produces no fruit’ — i.e., it does not benefit others.

“This is in accordance with all that precedes, and with the uniform use of the word” [‘unfruitful’] in “Eph. 5:11, Tit. 3:14, II Pet. 1:8, Matt. 13:22.” Finally, “those speaking in tongues, were not parrots or ravens! The expression in the text — ‘my understanding is unfruitful’ consequently cannot mean: ‘I do not myself understand what I say!” So too Rev. Drs. Archibald Robertson and Alfred Plummer.

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