Ver. 4. “He that speaks with a tongue edifies himself, but he that pro- phesies edifies a church (assembly) ”— not one but many persons, not himself but a whole community. The im- pression made on the γλωσσολαλῶν by his utterance, since it was delivered in a rapture and without clear conception (ο ff.), must have been vague; but it powerfully confirmed his faith, since it left an abiding sense of possession by the Spirit of God (cf. 2 Cor. xii. 1-10). Our deepest feelings frequently enter the mind below the surface consciousness.
Ver. 5. Notwithstanding the above drawback, the Tongues are a real and desirable charism; the better is preferred
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