| Author: | Dr. Alan Pateman | ISBN: | 9781909132450 |
| Publisher: | APMI Publications | Publication: | February 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | APMI Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dr. Alan Pateman |
| ISBN: | 9781909132450 |
| Publisher: | APMI Publications |
| Publication: | February 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | APMI Publications |
| Language: | English |
In writing to the church at Corinth, Paul encouraged them to continue the practice of speaking with other tongues in their worship of God and in their prayer lives as a means of spiritual edification. Greek language scholars tell us that we have a word in our modern vernacular, which is closer to the meaning of the original than the word “edified.” That word is “charge” – as used in connection with charging a battery. Therefore we could paraphrase this verse, “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifies, charges, builds himself up like a battery.”
In writing to the church at Corinth, Paul encouraged them to continue the practice of speaking with other tongues in their worship of God and in their prayer lives as a means of spiritual edification. Greek language scholars tell us that we have a word in our modern vernacular, which is closer to the meaning of the original than the word “edified.” That word is “charge” – as used in connection with charging a battery. Therefore we could paraphrase this verse, “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifies, charges, builds himself up like a battery.”
