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Seek to give that which you have received
1 Corinthians 14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? The Corinthians were not the only ones to receive the Word of God. Nor were…
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Focus on Jesus; the Head of the Church
Seek a good testimony of God 1 Corinthians 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned,…
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Seek the understanding of men
1 Corinthians 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and…
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Seek that which teaches others
1 Corinthians 14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: 19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice…
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Seek to understand the meaning of the voice.
1 Corinthians 14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. 11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the…
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Seek to give a certain sound
1 Corinthians 14:6-9 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying,…
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Seek the greater thing
But Rather 1 Corinthians 14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret,…
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Seek not to be Mysterious
3 Different Kind of Tongues 1 Corinthians 14:2-3 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he…
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The Focus on Self
The edification of self The modern-day use of tongues is a focus on self; it is the edification of self. The tongues speakers will often say that “tongues” is a “special heavenly prayer…
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Tongues vs. Prophesy, (Madness or Order)
The Corinthian Church had a problem with speaking in tongues. Their speech was revealing what they were following.[1] They were following after things that promoted themselves. They were twisting God’s Word to make…
