Commanded to Speak in Tongues?

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by Sam

In my opinion:
This passage is in a book written to the Church/Assembly in Corinth and is trying to establish "order" in services. Paul lists some of the gifts and then talks about the gifts of prophecy, tongues, and interpretation. He is not speaking about the Holy Ghost Baptism here but of order in services. Therefore he limits tongues and interpretation to two or three per service. He promotes what some call a "prayer language" where a person prays in tongues privately to His Father. Speaking or praying publicly is to be in a known and understood language. So in my opinion when he wished every one spoke in tongues he was talking about praying and building ourselves up privately in tongues. When he said do all speak with tongues? he was speaking of the gift of tongues and so the answer would be no. Not everybody has the gift of tongues just like not everybody has the gift of teaching or working of miracles, or being an apostle or any of the other gifts.

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