I Corinthians - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1197

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foreigner tc the speaker, and the speaker a foreigner to me. And so you, when you desire to beimellectual, you should try ro proceed so as to pro- mote the ediiication of the assembly. The speaker in a foreign language should therefore desire that it may be translated. For if I pray in a foreign language, my spirit is praying, but my meaning is unintelligible. What is it, then ? I may pray with the spirit, but I ought to pray with the understanding as well ; I may sing with the spirit, but I ought also to sing with the under- standing. If you only give thanks with the spirit, how can one of an uneducated condition express his as- sent with your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you say ? For you indeed may give thanks well, but the other is not editied. I thank God I am a. better linguist than all of you; but I would rather for myself speak in the assembly tive words intelligibly, so as to instruct others, than ten thousand words in aforeign language. Brothers, do not become childish in

thought; on the contrary, be child- like concerning wickedness, but in thought be manly. It is written in the law: I WILL

SPEAK T0 THE PEOPLE IN FGRBIGN ‘roNGUEs AND wir}; STRANGB mes, ANDTHEN THEY W1LL NEVER UNDER- STAND ME} says the Lord. Conse- quently, languages are for a warning: not to the believers, but for the un- believers; but preaching is not to the unbelievers, but for the believers. Therefore, if the assembly should come together solely for this, and all should speak foreign tongues, and uneducated or unbelieving persons should enter, would they not imagine you were mad? But if all could preach, and any unbeliever or uneducated were to enter, he would be instructed by all; convinced by everything; the secrets of his heart would become clear : and then, falling down upon his face, he would pay homage to God, announc- ing that THE LIVING GOD IS AMQNG You.? What then is it, brethren ? If when

you meet, each of you has a hymn, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a language, has an explanation, let all be for edincation. If any one speaks in a foreign

language, let it be only two, or at 1 Isa. xxviii. xx, 12. 2 Isa. lv. 14. most only three, and in turn; and let one translate. And if there is not a translator, let him be silcn lin meet- ing, since he can speak to himself and to God. Only two or three preachers may speak, and the others should re- flect. But if something is suggested to another sitting still, let the first con- clude; for, one by one, you can all speak, so that all may instruct and all encourage. And the spirits of preachers are regulated by the preachers ; for God is not disturbance, but peace in all the assemblies of the saints. Let your women keep silent in the

assemblies; for it is not permitted to them to speak. On the contrary, they should be obedient, as stated in the law. But if any wish to learn, they should ask their husbands in th eir own homes ; for it is scandalous for women to speak in an assembly. Did the purpose of God proceed from you? Or was it only received by you? If any one imagine himself to be an orator, or inspired, he should recog- nise what I write to you, that it is an order of the Lord. But if any disre- gards it, let him disregard it. Consequently, brothers, desire the

talent for oratory, and do not prohibit speaking in foreign languages. But let everything be decorous and or- derly. 28 33 34 35 37 39 llfbz gucirinz nf the {insurrection. I now declare to you, brothers, the 15 gospel which I imparted to you, which you also accepted, in which you also stand, and by which you will be saved; I preached it to you with this object, ifyou gmsp it——··u¤1ess you have relied upon a phantom. For I de- livered to you, in the first place, what I had also receivcd—that Christ died because of our sins, in accordance with the Scriptures. That He was buried, and that He was raised ou the third day, in accordance with the Scriptures. That He was seen by Kephas, afterwards by the twelve: and after that He appeared openly to tive hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater number remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; after that He appeared to james, then to all the apostles. But last of them all, as if to a laggard, He appeared also to me. For I am the most insignificant ofthe apostles ; who am not worthy to be called an apostle. 1xQ7