13:1 - Mentions human and angelic tongues.
13:1-3 - Love is the standard over the whole discussion of spiritual gifts. If you have not love, it really doesn't matter what you end up concluding.
13:4-8 - This passage is used in weddings a lot and so most of us are so familiar with it that we miss the great strength in it. This is a definition of love. You can hold how you are acting, feeling, thinking up against this passage and determine whether or not you are walking in love.
13:11 - ... When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.
13:13 - Love is greater than faith or hope.
14:1 - It is okay to be eager for spiritual gifts - especially prophecy. Prophecy here is probably both speaking about the future AND something similar to what we call preaching today.
14:2 - Tongues = talking to God in a way that others don;t understand
= edifies yourself rather than others
14:5 - Tongue can be interpreted for the benefit of the church if they are truly tongues from God.
14:12 - ... try to excel in those that build up the church .
14:17 - Tongues is giving thanks in some way.
14:18-19 - Paul spoke in tongues as something he did outside of church.
14:22-25 - Confusing passage.
14:26 - ... Everything must be done SO THAT the church may be built up.
14:27-28 - If there is not someone there to interpret, the person who speaks in a tongue should keep it to themselves.
14:34 - Is the word law critical to the contest of this passage?
Love, Michael
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