1 CORINTHIANS 14:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.”
If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret — regulation arrives: tongues are limited in number (2-3), sequential (not simultaneous), and dependent on interpretation. This is not suppression but ordered use of a legitimate gift.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:27
“What is it then, brethren? When ye come together, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.” Do you see the foundation and the rule of Christianity? How, as it is the artificer's work to build, so it is the Christian's to help his neighbors in all things. But since he had vehemently run down the gift; lest it might seem to be superfluous, for with a view to pull down their pride and no…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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