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Originally Posted by bookslover  It should be remembered that the whole idea of The Exercise has been taken out of Paul's original context. Paul's intent was to be bring order out of confusion among those among the Corinthians who were speaking in tongues in the worship service, by having one person at a time speak, with others, after the speaker finished, interpreting.
So, I guess, one could say that The Exercise is not a biblical idea, but an extrapolation from a biblical principle regarding tongues.
Or am I just being pedantic?  |
Brother,
I beg to differ. Co 14:4 "He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church." The distinction is just that, the difference between the two not their similarity. "Prophesying in this chapter is not predictive but declarative. This is the uniform understanding of the text from the puritan standpoint. I'm afraid you have a modern interpretation my friend! :-)
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