When tongues are exercised publicly according to the Biblical standard, should there always be an interpretation? Who should give the interpretation? In 1 Corinthians 14 the apostle Paul clearly taught that public speaking in tongues in the assembly of believers is in order only when followed by an interpretation. It was because of this disorderly practice at Corinth that Paul wrote such statements as speaking into the air (1 Corinthians 14:9), stop thinking like children (1 Corinthians 14:20), will they not say that you are out of you mind? (1 Corinthians 14:23), and keep quiet in the church (1 Corinthians 14:28). It [was this disorderly practice] that prompted Paul to stress the superiority of prophecy--not to interpreted tongues, but to un-interpreted tongues (1 Corinthians 14:5). Final responsibility for giving an interpretation of tongues in a public assembly rests with the one who gave the utterance in tongues. The speaker either must be assured that someone else in the assembly will provide the interpretation, or he must be prepared to do so himself (1 Corinthians 14:13, 27 28). (source: ag.org)
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 11:00:00 +0000
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