Thematic Bible: Interpretation of


Thematic Bible









Therefore let a man who has the gift of tongues pray for the power of interpreting them. Verse ConceptsInterpreting LanguageMental Abuse

I should be right glad were you all to speak in 'tongues,' but yet more glad were you all to prophesy. And, in fact, the man who prophesies is superior to him who speaks in 'tongues,' except when the latter can interpret in order that the Church may get a blessing. Verse ConceptsProphecy, In NtBuilding Up The ChurchInterpreting LanguageEach Local ChurchRight DesiresProphecyProphecies concerningLanguageThe church

If there is speaking in an unknown tongue, only two or at the most three should speak, and they should do so one at a time, and one should interpret; or if there is no interpreter, let the man with the gift be silent in the Church, speaking to himself and to God.




to another the exercise of miraculous powers; to another the gift of prophecy; to another the power of discriminating between prophetic utterances; to another varieties of the gift of 'tongues;' to another the interpretation of tongues. Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfSpiritual DiscernmentPower, HumanProphecy, In NtSpiritsSpirit BeingsDiscerning God's ThingsInterpreting LanguageOther MiraclesProphesying In The ChurchTesting SpiritsProphecyLanguageDiscernmentSpiritual GiftsExerciseGifts And Talentsdiscrimination