Greetings,
In interpreting and trying to understand 1 Corinthians 12-14, have you read
14:18 where Paul says, ``Eucharistw tw thew, pantwn umwn mallon
glwssais lalw;
alla en ekklesia...'' I believe the main idea Paul is endeavoring to
get across is the proper use of pneumatikwn ``in the church''. He is not
disparaging glossalalia in the least. He even orders, ``kai to lalein
me kwluete glwssais'' (14:39). The Corinthian church needed to be
better regulated, ``panta de euschemonws kai kata taxin
ginesthw'' (14:40), not have the pneumatikwn quenched or disparaged.
N.B. Please excuse my transliteration of the Greek. I haven't taken time to
learn the standard that most of you folks use.
Pastor John F. Godfrey, Grandville Assembly of God, Grandville, MI
``Jesus said to him, `I am the way and the truth and the life. No man
comes to the Father except through Me' ''(John 14:6).
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