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TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION
NOTE:
According to Amos 7:7-9, God uses a “plumb line” to measure the
spiritual life His people. When lives line up with His Word there is
perfect “Liberty”! But on either side of the “plumb line” there are
ditches. The ditch on the right is “Legalism” and the ditch on the
left is “License”!
So it is today
about the subject of “tongues”. On the “plumb line” of the Word, there is
“Liberty” but on either side there are ditches: 1) “Tongues are passed
away,” “No such thing as tongues today,” “Tongues are of the devil?” 2) “One
must speak in tongues in order to be saved?” The Scriptural view is neither
of these extremes but a rather a balance of the whole counsel of the Word of
God in which there is perfect “Liberty”!
According to I
Corinthians 12:10, 28 there are “divers kinds (genos
= diversity, kind) of tongues” and “diversities (genos =
diversity, kind) of tongues”:
1)
dialektos
= dialect as in Acts 2:8
2)
glossa
= languages and interpretation as in I
Corinthians 12:30
3)
proseuchomai =
“Praying in the Spirit” as in I
Corinthians 14:14-16; Ephesians 6:18; Jude 20
4)
psallo =
“Singing in the Spirit” as in I
Corinthians 14:14-16
5)
stenagmos
= “Groaning in the Spirit” as in Romans
8:26-27
6)
See also:
I Corinthians 14:6 “revelation, knowledge, prophesies and doctrine.”
Hebrew:
tongue- lashon=tongue, language
1.
Isaiah 28: 11
“For with stammering(aleg=stammering) lips (saphah=lip)
and another tongue(lashon)will he speak to this people.”
2.
Joel 2:28-32
“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour
out(shaphak=to
pour out) my spirit(pneuma) upon all flesh(basar=flesh);
and your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy(naba=foretell, tell
forth
what God is
saying), your old men shall dream dreams(chalam=to dream),
your young
men shall see visions(chizzayon=vision): And also upon the
servants
and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my
spirit…”(Key:
Acts 2:16-21 “This is that…”)
Greek:
tongue glossa = a tongue, language
diaklektos = dialect
interpretation hermeneia=interpretation, explanation
Note Key Passages:
*I Corinthians 12:1 “Now
concerning spiritual (pneumatikos
= spiritual) gifts, brethren, I would
not have you ignorant (agnoeo = without knowledge).”
*I Corinthians 12:13 “For by one
Spirit are we all baptized into (baptize = place into) one
body (soma = body).”
*I Corinthians 12:18 “But now hath
God set (tithemi = to put or place) the members (melos
= part of the body, limb) every one of them in the body (soma),
as it hath pleased him (thelo = to will).”
*I Corinthians 14:1 “Follow after
(dioko = to pursue) love (agape), and desire (zeloo
= to be zealous) spiritual gifts (pneumatikos =
spiritual), but rather (mallon = more) that ye may prophesy
(propheteia = speak forth or foretell what God is saying).”
*I Corinthians 12:11 “But all these
worketh (energeo = to work in) that one and the selfsame
(touto = this very thing) Spirit, dividing (diaireo =
to take apart) to every (hekastos = each) man severally
(idios = pertaining to self, one’s own, private, separate, alone) as
he will (boulomai = be willing, minded, be disposed, intend).”
SCRIPTURES:
1.
Mark 16:17-18
“And these signs (semeion = sign, mark, signal) shall
follow
(epakoloutheo
= to follow upon) them that believe; In my name shall
they cast
out (ekballo = to cast out) devils (aimonion =
demons); they shall
speak (laleo
= to speak, talk, tell) with new (kainos = fresh, newly made,
recent, new)
tongues (glossa); They shall take up serpents (ophis
= a
serpent); and
if they drink (pino = to drink) any deadly things
(thanassimos = belonging to death),
it shall not hurt (blapto=disable,
weaken, hurt) them; they shall lay hands
on (epitithemi = to put or place
upon) the sick (arrhostos =
not strong), and they shall recover (kalos = to
hold well).”
2.
Acts 2:3
“There appeared (optomai = to be seen) unto them cloven
(diamerizo = to divide throughout) tongues (glossa)
like as of fire (pur), and
it sat upon (kathizo – set, resting, settled, tarry, continue)
each of them.”
3. Acts 2:4
“And they were all filled (pletho = to make full) with the
Holy
Ghost, and
began to speak (laleo = talk, speak, tell) with other (heteros
=
other,
different) tongues (glossa), as the Spirit gave them
utterance
(apophtheg
= to speak with strong expression).”
4.
Acts 2:8
“And how hear we every man in our own tongue (dialektos=
dialect),
wherein we were born?”
5. Acts 2:11
“We do hear them speak (laleo=talk, speak, tell) in our
tongues
(glossa) the wonderful works (megaleia = great doings
or deeds) of
God.”
6.
Acts 10 :46
“For they heard (akouo = to give ear to) them speak (laleo
= to
talk, speak, tell) with tongues (glossa), and magnify (megaluno
= to make
great) God.”
7.
Acts 19:6
“And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost
came on them;
and they spake (laleo = to speak, talk, tell) with tongues
(glossa),
and prophesied (propheteia = to foretell or forth tell what
God is
saying).”
8.
Romans 8:26-27
“Likewise the Spirit (pneuma) also helpeth (to take
hold
with one) our infirmities (asthemeia = weakness): for we
know not (oida=to
see) what we should pray (proseuchomai = to pray toward) for
as we
ought (dei = to behove):
but the Spirit (pneuma) itself (neuter) maketh
intercession (entugchano
= make intercession, come between, to meet with)
for us with groanings (stenagmos = sighing; See also:
Greek embrim = to
snort, be deeply moved in John 11:33, 38) which cannot be uttered
(alaletos
= unspeakable). And he (God) that searcheth (ereunao = to
trace,
track) the hearts (kardia) knoweth (oida =to
see) what is the mind
(phronema
= mind, inclination) of the Spirit (pneuma), because he maketh
intercession (entugchano = to meet with, come between) for the
saints
(hagios
= set apart, separate, holy) according to the will of God.”
9. I Corinthians
12:10 “To another divers kinds (genos =
species, kinds) of
tongues
(glossa); to another the interpretation (hermeneia =
explanation,
interpretation)
of tongues (glossa):”
10.
I Corinthians 12:28
“And God hath set (tithe = to put, set, place) some in
the church (ekklesia = the called out), first apostles
(apostolos = sent forth
ones), secondarily prophets(prophetes = foretell, forth tell
what God is
saying), thirdly teachers (didaskalos = instructor), after
that miracles
(dunamis = act of power), then gifts (charisma=grace,
favor) of healings
(iama = healing),helps (antilepsis = helping,
supporting), governments
(kuber = a steering, piloting, directing), diversities (genos
= sort, genus) of
tongues (glossa).”
11.
I Corinthians 12:30
“Have all the gifts of healing?(No) Do all speak
(laleo
= to talk, speak, tell) with tongues (glossa)?(No) Do all
interpret
(hermeneuo
= to interpret or explain thoroughly)? (No)”
12.
I Corinthians 12:31
“But covet earnestly (zeloo = be zealous for) the
best (kreitton =
stronger, more powerful) gifts (charisma = gifts, grace,
favor);”
13. I Corinthians 13:1 “Though I
speak (laleo = to talk, speak, tell) with the
tongues
(glossa) of men and of angels, and have not love (agape),
I am
become as
sounding brass, or a inkling cymbal.”
14.
I Corinthians 13:8
“Love (agape) never faileth (ekpipto = to fall
off or
away): but
whether there be prophecies (propheteia = fortell or forth
tell
what God is
saying), they shall fail (katargeo = to make useless); whether
there be
tongues (glossa), they shall cease (pauomai =
cease, pause);
whether there
be knowledge (gnosis = knowledge), it shall vanish away
(katar =
to make idle, inactive, useless).”
15.
I Corinthians 14:1
“Follow after (dioko = to pursue) love (agape),
and
desire (zeloo = to be
zealous for) spiritual (pneumatikos = spiritual) gifts,
but rather (mallon = more) that ye may prophesy (propheteia).”
16.
I Corinthians 14:2
“For he that speaketh (laleo = to talk, speak, tell) in an
unknown
tongue (glossa)
speaketh (laleo = to talk, speak, tell)not unto
men, but unto
God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit
he speaketh
mysteries (musterion = what is known only to the initiated).”
17. I
Corinthians 14:4 “He that speaketh (laleo = to talk,
speak, tell) in an
unknown
tongue (glossa)
edifieth (oikodomeo = to build up) himself; but
he that
prophesieth edifieth (oikodomeo = to build up) the church
(ekklesia).”
18. I
Corinthians 14:5 “I would that ye all spake (laleo = to
talk, speak, tell)
with
tongues (glossa), but rather (mallon = more) that
ye prophesied
(propheteia):
for greater (meizon = greater) is he that prophesieth than he
that
speaketh (laleo = to talk, speak, tell) with tongues (glossa)
, except he
interpret
(hermeneuo = to interpret or explain thoroughly), that the
church
(ekklesia) may receive edifying (oikdome = building
up).”
19. I
Corinthians 14:6 “Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking (laleo
=
to talk,
speak, tell) with tongues (glossa), what shall I profit you,
except I
shall speak to
you either by revelation (apokalupsis = an uncovering), or
by
knowledge (gnosis = knowledge), or by prophesying (propheteia
=
foretelling,
forth telling what God is saying), or by doctrine (didache =
teaching)?”
(See also I Corinthians 14:26)
20. I
Corinthians 14:9 “So likewise ye, except ye utter (didomi
= to give) by
the tongue
(glossa) words (logos) easy to be understood (eusemos
= easily
noted), how
shall it be known what is spoken? For ye shall speak into the
air.”
21.
I Corinthians 14:13
“Wherefore let him that speaketh (laleo = to talk,
speak, tell)
in an unknown tongue (glossa) pray that he may
interpret
(hermeneuo
= to interpret or explain thoroughly).”
22.
I Corinthians 14:14-16
“For if I pray (proseuchomai = to pray) in an
unknown tongue
(glossa), my spirit prayeth (proseuchomai = to pray), but
my understanding (nous = mind) is unfruitful (akarpos =
without fruit).
What is it then? I will pray (proseuchomai = to pray) with
the spirit
(pneuma),
and I will pray (proseuchomai = to pray) with the
understanding (nous =
mind) also: I will sing (psallo = to sing praises
without regard to a musical instrument) with the spirit (pneuma),
and I
will sing (psallo = to sing praises without regard to a musical
instrument)
with the understanding (nous = mind) also. Else when thou
shalt bless
(eulogeo
= to speak well of) with the spirit (pneuma), how shall he
that
occupieth (anapleroo = to fill up) the room (topos = a place)
of the
unlearned (idiotes =
a private person) say Amen at thy giving of thanks
(eucharisteo
= to be thankful), seeing he understandeth not (eido = to
see,
know, be acquainted with) what thou sayest?”
23.
I Corinthians 14:18-19
“I thank my God, I speak(laleo=to talk, speak,
tell),
with tongues(glossa) more than(mallon=more) ye all: Yet in the
church(ekklesia)
I had rather speak(laleo=to talk, speak, tell)five words
with my
understanding (nous=mind), that by my voice I might
teach
(katecheo=instruct orally)others also than ten thousand words in an
unknown
tongue(glossa).”
24. I
Corinthians 14:21 “In the law it is written, With men of other
tongues
(dialektos) and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yea for all
that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.”(Isaiah 28:11-12)
25.
I Corinthians 14:22-23
“Wherefore tongues (glossa) are for a sign
(semeion
= sign, mark, signal), not to them that believe (pisteuo =
trust,
rely on), but
to them that believe (pisteuo = trust, rely on) not:
but
prophesying
(propheteia = fortell, tell forth what God is saying) serveth not
for them that believe (pisteuo =
trust, rely on) not, but for them which
believe
(pisteuo = trust, rely on). If therefore the whole (holos =
all, entire)
church (ekklesia)
be come together into one place,(sunerchomai = to
assemble) and
all speak (laleo = to talk, speak, tell) with tongues (glossa),
and there come
in those that are unlearned (idiotes = a private person), or
unbelievers
(pisteuo = trust, rely on), will they not say that ye are
mad (mainomai
= to be furious, raving)?”
26.
I Corinthians 14:26
“How is it then, brethren? When ye come together
(sunerchomai = assemble), every one of you (hekastos =
each) hath a psalm
(song of praise on an instrument), hath a doctrine (didache =
teaching),
hath a tongue(glossa), hath a revelation (apokalupsis =
an uncovering),
hath an interpretation (hermeneia = interpretation,
explanation). Let all
things be done unto edifying (oikodome = building up).” (See
also I
Corinthians 14:6
27.
I Corinthians 14:27-28
“If any man speak (laleo = to talk, speak, tell) in an
unknown tongue (glossa), let it be by two, or at the most by
three, and that
by course (meros = in part, rotation); and let one
interpret (hermeneia = to
interpret,
explain). And if there be no interpreter (hermeneia = to
interpret,
explain), let him keep silence (sigao = to be silent, quiet)
in the
church (ekklesia);
and let him speak (laleo=to speak, talk, tell) to himself,
and to God.”
28.
I Corinthians 14:39-40
“Wherefore, brethren, covet (zeloo = to be zealous)
to prophesy (propheteia = foretell or tell forth what God is
saying), and
forbid not (koluo = to
cut short, restrain) to speak (laleo = to talk, speak,
tell) with tongues (glossa). Let all things be done decently
(euschemonos =
becomingly) and in order (taxis = arrangement, order).”
29.
Ephesians 5:19
“Speaking (laleo = to talk, speak, tell) to yourselves
(heautou = of selves, among yourselves, to one another)) in
psalms
(psalmais = a song of praise on an instrument) and hymns (humnos
= song
of praise) and spiritual songs (ode = an ode, a lyric poem),
singing (psallo =
singing with instruments) and making melody (psallo = to play on a
stringed instrument) in your heart (kardia) to the Lord
(kurios = master);”
30.
Ephesians 6:18
“Praying (proseuchomai = to pray for) always (kairos
= in
every season)
with all prayer (proseuchomai = to pray for) and
supplication (deisis = petition of needs) in the Spirit (pneuma),
and
watching
(keep guard, wakeful) thereunto with all perseverance (enduring
constancy) all
supplication (deesis = petition of needs) for all saints
(hagios
= set apart, holy, separate);”
31.
Colossians 3:16
“Let the word (logos) of Christ (Christou = anointed
one)
dwell in you (enoikeito = to be at home) richly (plousios
= to be rich) in all
wisdom (sophiai); teaching (didaskontes = to
instruct) and admonishing one
another (noutheteo = to put in mind) in psalms (psalmois =
with musical
accompaniment) and hymns (humnois = praises to God) and
spiritual
(pneumatikais) songs (oidais = general songs with or
without
accompaniment) , singing (aidontes) with grace (chariti)
in your hearts
(kardiais) to the Lord (kurios).”
32.
Jude 20
“But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit.”
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