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Jehovah's Witnesses, trying to find out where it says....?
Speaking in tongues ended.
Thank you my brothers and sisters.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Also, verse 13 of 1 Corinthians 13.
Note that Paul uses the word "now," "at the present time" [Greek: νυνὶ], for what remains, and he does not include speaking in tongues.
1 Corinthians was written about 55 C.E.
Even then, he could see the ending of that gift of the spirit, having fulfilled its need.
What passes for "speaking in tongues" in many churches is not what the Bible mentions.
Source(s): The HOLY Bible - angelmusicLv 71 decade ago
Just a thought on the matter of the holy spirit remaining till our day and therefore speaking in tongues should still be possible - although rare.
Well - the holy spirit is used to do a multitude of things - it was even used as an active force in the creation of the earth.
But just because it was involved in the creation of the earth does not mean that the earth is still being created because of the continued existence of the holy spirit.
Jehovah God uses this holy spirit - his power in action to accomplish his will. And it is apparent in the Scriptures that being able to miraculously speak in other languages was involved in his purpose in the first century.
Christianity needed to get off the ground quickly and be widespread quickly. Therefore speaking in tongues or foreign languages without the training involved did get the message out very quickly and helped build a good foundation.
Once this foundation was laid, then tongues were no longer needed in the same way.
Could there EVER be a need to have languages miraculously provided again someday? We cannot say no, BUT there is not a need at the present with the amount of translation that has been done to and with the Bible - hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of languages have all or a good part of the Bible translated into them.
Source(s): One of Jehovah's Witnesses - Anonymous1 decade ago
1 Corinthians 13:8 is referring to the power of love. The whole chapter shows that to have a spiritual gift but not have love is to have a musical instrument that doesn't play music. Each verse explains the characteristics of love (agape love). 13:8 shows how love will remain even after prophecy ends and tongues are stilled. Love is the quintessential component of Christianity, even considered more important than hope or faith.
Since the Holy Spirit is the author of "speaking in tongues," and this Spirit still remains, it seems probable that this should still be possible. Accordingly, there should be a minimum of one person that should be able to translate the message from the speaker to the group in order to be considered legitimate. Afterall, speaking in tongues is to convey a spiritual message from God.
And it isn't something that is channeled or learned. This is a very rare occurrence. I have never seen an authentic one.
- ElijahLv 71 decade ago
What Paul said to the first-century Christians in 1 Cor. 13:8-10 indicates that the *genuine* speaking in tongues "ceased" at that time.
In the first century, the focus of the ability to "speak in tongues" was to accomplish the international work of witnessing that Jesus had commissioned his followers to do. (Acts 1:8; 2:1-11; Matt. 28:19) Yet it is notable that those who *claim* to "speak in tongues" today actually do not use this ability for this purpose.
Also in the first century, when Christians `spoke in tongues', what they said had meaning to people who knew those languages. (Acts 2:4, 8) Today, people who supposedly `speak in tongues' usually just provide an outburst of unintelligible sounds.
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- peacelilyLv 71 decade ago
Tongues have NOT ceased. If you continue reading that passage in 1 Corinthians, it says: "but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away." "The perfect" is translated from the Greek word Ïá½³Î»ÎµÎ¹Î¿Ï (teleios), meaning :
1) brought to its end, finished
2) wanting nothing necessary to completeness
3) perfect
4) that which is perfect
a) consummate human integrity and virtue
b) of men
Look around. Do you see teleios anywhere yet?
Bar enosh is speaking of the use of tongues at Pentecost, when the apostles were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in tongues, and various people groups were all able to hear what they were speaking concerning God in their own languages. (Acts 2:1-11) In this case, the gift of tongues was being used to speak to MEN.
However, continue reading in 1Cor 14, as Paul is exhorting the Corinthians to pursue spiritual gifts, and explains, "For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to GOD; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries."
The gift of tongues is a prayer language between the believer and God. Through this gift, the Spirit intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. (Rom. 8:26) When you pray in your ordinary language, Satan can snatch your words and try to use them against you (after all, he is the "Prince of the Power of the Air"). But when you allow the Spirit to speak through you with your special prayer language, Satan doesn't have a clue what you're saying.
You can choose to believe me or not, but I can testify that tongues have not been done away with. After I committed my life wholly to Christ, I went to church the following Sunday morning and was singing as usual during the worship service. One minute I was singing as usual, the next I opened my mouth to sing and the most unusual language started pouring out of me! Honestly, it frightened me, because I was raised in a Baptist church, where they taught that tongues had ceased and people only did it for show. (Not all Baptist churches teach this, but mine did). So I stopped singing for a minute, and then went back to singing normally. Then THAT scared me, because the only thing that kept going through my mind was 1 Thes. 5:19: "Do not quench the Spirit!"
So you better believe that when I got home, I started my own personal Bible study, going through the entire Bible to read everything it had to say about the Holy Spirit. And I discovered that I had been misinformed. I encourage you to undertake the same type of word study within the Bible, if you are really interested in learning the truth.
- Julie SLv 61 decade ago
I don't see how anybody can say that, considering there are countless scriptures that say otherwise. Speaking in tongues is alive & kicking today. Our nondenominational church believes in it, but we do it quietly and reverently.