1 CORINTHIANS 14:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.”
Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers — the unexpected turn: tongues function as sign (sémeion) of judgment for outsiders who stumble at incomprehensible utterance, while prophecy ministers to believers' faith. This explains why tongues unregulated might seem to outsiders like madness.
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