Monthly Archives: May 2016
what if everybody…
1 Corinthians 14:23-25 1Co 14:23 For this reason, if the whole assembly comes together, and all of you are speaking in other languages, and newcomers or unbelievers come in, would they not say that you are all maniacs? 1Co 14:24 … Continue reading
baby talk revisited
1 Corinthians 14:20-22 1Co 14:20 Brothers, stop being children in your way of thinking, instead, be minors when it comes to evil, but in your way of thinking, start being mature. 1Co 14:21 Scripture says (in the Law) “By people … Continue reading
the focus of worship
1 Corinthians 14:16-19 1Co 14:16 If this does not happen — if you are only praising in the spirit — how can a person filling the place beside you who is not skilled in the language say “Amen” to your … Continue reading
fruitful worship
1 Corinthians 14:13-15 1Co 14:13 That is why the one speaking in another language should pray that he translates it. 1Co 14:14 If I am praying in another language, my spirit is praying, but my mind is not producing fruit. … Continue reading
edification is spiritual, confusion is not
1 Corinthians 14:10-12 1Co 14:10 There are probably a great many families of languages in the world, and nothing spoken is unintelligible. 1Co 14:11 This means that if I do not have the ability to understand the language, I will … Continue reading
speaking into the air
1 Corinthians 14:7-9 1Co 14:7 Even soulless objects that are used to give off a sound — whether a wind or a stringed instrument — if it does not play the tunes clearly, how will anyone recognise what is blown … Continue reading
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tongues are for understanding
1 Corinthians 14:4-6 1Co 14:4 The one speaking in another language builds himself us, but the one prophesying builds up the church. 1Co 14:5 I wish all of you spoke in other languages, but I wish even more that you … Continue reading
chasing love while giving gifts
1 Corinthians 14:1-3 1Co 14:1 You should chase love relentlessly, while still seeking to offer the gifts, especially so that you can prophesy. 1Co 14:2 Because the one speaking in a different language cannot communicate with his colleague, but to … Continue reading
mystery in the mirror
1 Corinthians 13:11-13 1Co 13:11 When I was a minor, I spoke like a minor, I thought like a minor, I reasoned like a minor. When I became a man, I put aside the things associated with my having been … Continue reading
love lasts
1 Corinthians 13:8-10 1Co 13:8 Love never dies out. But if there are prophecies proclaimed, they will be done away with; if languages spoken, they will cease to exist; if a mystery exists, it will be done away with. 1Co … Continue reading
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