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Praying In Tounges
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for he who is speaking in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue--to men he doth not speak, but to God, for no one doth hearken, and in spirit he doth speak secrets;
and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare.
And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →
Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy, — read the full passage →
And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable,
he who is speaking in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue, himself doth edify, and he who is prophesying, an assembly doth edify;
through all prayer and supplication praying at all times in the Spirit, and in regard to this same, watching in all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--
And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples, — read the full passage →
And ye, beloved, on your most holy faith building yourselves up, in the Holy Spirit praying,
and Paul having laid on them <FI>his<Fi> hands, the Holy Spirit came upon them, they were speaking also with tongues, and prophesying,
Cretes and Arabians, we did hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.'
for if I pray in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful.
And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant; — read the full passage →
And, in like manner also, the Spirit doth help our weaknesses; for, what we may pray for, as it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> , we have not known, but the Spirit himself doth make intercession for us with groanings unutterable, — read the full passage →
`And signs shall accompany those believing these things; in my name demons they shall cast out; with new tongues they shall speak;
And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian, — read the full passage →
And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →
so that the tongues are for a sign, not to the believing, but to the unbelieving; and the prophesy <FI>is<Fi> not for the unbelieving, but for the believing,
If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling;
What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray also with the understanding; I will sing psalms with the spirit, and I will sing psalms also with the understanding;
and if there may be no interpreter, let him be silent in an assembly, and to himself let him speak, and to God.
and I wish you all to speak with tongues, and more that ye may prophecy, for greater is he who is prophesying than he who is speaking with tongues, except one may interpret, that the assembly may receive edification.
for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.
I give thanks to my God--more than you all with tongues speaking--
If with the tongues of men and of messengers I speak, and have not love, I have become brass sounding, or a cymbal tinkling; — read the full passage →
For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people. — read the full passage →
and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,
so that, brethren, earnestly desire to prophesy, and to speak with tongues do not forbid;
and he who is prophesying to men doth speak edification, and exhortation, and comfort; — read the full passage →
While Peter is yet speaking these sayings, the Holy spirit fell upon all those hearing the word, — read the full passage →
and to another in-workings of mighty deeds; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; and to another <FI>divers<Fi> kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues:
in the law it hath been written, that, `With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;'
in the law it hath been written, that, `With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;' — read the full passage →
Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy, — read the full passage →
have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples, — read the full passage →
And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →
but ye shall receive power at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon you, and ye shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the end of the earth.'
Woe <FI>to<Fi> the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, That <FI>is<Fi> on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine. — read the full passage →
and to cause all to see what <FI>is<Fi> the fellowship of the secret that hath been hid from the ages in God, who the all things did create by Jesus Christ,
What then is it, brethren? whenever ye may come together, each of you hath a psalm, hath a teaching, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation? let all things be for building up; — read the full passage →
for if I pray in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful. — read the full passage →
wherefore he who is speaking in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue--let him pray that he may interpret;
The love doth never fail; and whether <FI>there be<Fi> prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless;
and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, `Lo, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;
how shall we escape, having neglected so great salvation? which a beginning receiving--to be spoken through the Lord--by those having heard was confirmed to us, — read the full passage →
one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
since, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall he say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since what thou dost say he hath not known? — read the full passage →
since, if thou mayest bless with the spirit, he who is filling the place of the unlearned, how shall he say the Amen at thy giving of thanks, since what thou dost say he hath not known?
for if I pray in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue, my spirit doth pray, and my understanding is unfruitful. — read the full passage →
because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit--after not many days.'
but, there cometh an hour, and it now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father also doth seek such to worship him; — read the full passage →
For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people.
and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.
for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,
The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous; — read the full passage →
let all things be done decently and in order.
for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints. — read the full passage →
If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
but in an assembly I wish to speak five words through my understanding, that others also I may instruct, rather than myriads of words in an <FI>unknown<Fi> tongue.
I give thanks to my God--more than you all with tongues speaking-- — read the full passage →
for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!
There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,
And now, brethren, if I may come unto you speaking tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either in revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in teaching?
The love doth never fail; and whether <FI>there be<Fi> prophecies, they shall become useless; whether tongues, they shall cease; whether knowledge, it shall become useless; — read the full passage →
and desire earnestly the better gifts; and yet a far excelling way do I shew to you:
<FI> are<Fi> all apostles? <FI>are<Fi> all prophets? <FI>are<Fi> all teachers? <FI>are<Fi> all powers? — read the full passage →
And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;
and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. — read the full passage →
for to one through the Spirit hath been given a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; — read the full passage →
And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit;
And there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit; — read the full passage →
And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant; — read the full passage →
so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,
And the sabbath having past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary of James, and Salome, bought spices, that having come, they may anoint him, — read the full passage →
For by scorned lip, and by another tongue, Doth He speak unto this people. — read the full passage →
Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;
speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
Become, then, followers of God, as children beloved, — read the full passage →
and He gave some <FI>as<Fi> apostles, and some <FI>as<Fi> prophets, and some <FI>as<Fi> proclaimers of good news, and some <FI>as<Fi> shepherds and teachers,
Call upon you, then, do I--the prisoner of the Lord--to walk worthily of the calling with which ye were called, — read the full passage →
in whom ye also, having heard the word of the truth--the good news of your salvation--in whom also having believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise, — read the full passage →
Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
who also sealed us, and gave the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;
for also in one Spirit we all to one body were baptized, whether Jews or Greeks, whether servants or freemen, and all into one Spirit were made to drink,
wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus <FI>is<Fi> anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus <FI>is<Fi> Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.
let no one seek his own--but each another's.
but we speak the hidden wisdom of God in a secret, that God foreordained before the ages to our glory,
Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,
And Ananias went away, and did enter into the house, and having put upon him <FI>his<Fi> hands, said, `Saul, brother, the Lord hath sent me--Jesus who did appear to thee in the way in which thou wast coming--that thou mayest see again, and mayest be filled with the Holy Spirit.'
And the apostles in Jerusalem having heard that Samaria hath received the word of God, did send unto them Peter and John, — read the full passage →
`And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and grant to Thy servants with all freedom to speak Thy word, — read the full passage →
and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,
And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place,
`And, lo, I do send the promise of my Father upon you, but ye--abide ye in the city of Jerusalem till ye be clothed with power from on high.'
If, then, ye, being evil, have known good gifts to be giving to your children, how much more shall the Father who is from heaven give the Holy Spirit to those asking Him!'
And he, having risen in the morning of the first of the sabbaths, did appear first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons; — read the full passage →
And they having prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and were speaking the word of God with freedom,
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