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Originally Posted by jfrog
Those ideas about edifying yourself come from 1 Corinthians 14:2,4. From conext, those verses are obviously about the gift of tongues. Verse 1 even says he is talking about spiritual gifts and they are compared with prophecy. So they cannot be used to support the pentecostal practice that everyone seems to pray in tongues because everyone in the pentecostal movement prays in tongues and those verses are in reference to the gift of tongues which not everyone has.
Another, thought is... what reason does Paul give for the church not being edified for your speaking in tongues? Because they don't understand it. If they are not edified because they don't understand what is being said, how can you be edified when you don't understand what is being said?
One explanation Paul could be thanking God he spoke in tongues was because his speaking in tongues were edifying those around him. |
I wanted to add that if there was interpretation with the tongues that he spoke in (like he has been emphasizing for them to do) then it would make perfect sense how he could thank God for it and still talk about understanding in the church. He could even be meaning that he speaks in tongues in the church also (but only with interpretation)
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