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Corinthians 12:29 & 30
"Do all speak in tongues"
By Drew Dixon
'Yes we all speak in tongues, but no, not in a
meeting'
Introduction
To read the 1983 RCI article that I will address, visit the following link:
This understanding is held by a number of oversight I have spoken to, and is put forward in defence of the following scripture (more-so now due to the untenable position of the translational error argument as previously discussed).
1 Corinthians 12:27 through 1 Corinthians 12:30
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
The scripture below, preceding 1 Corinthians chapters 12, 13, 14, is sometimes used to set the scene for the meeting only argument:-
1 Corinthians 11:18
For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
Essentially, the RCI argument is as follows;
"Yes, Paul is saying that not all speak with tongues, but in doing this, he is only referring to a meeting where we know that even though all can speak in tongues, only two or three will do so, as Paul also instructs us to do".
It is also maintained that this is confirmed by the fact that Paul links tongues and interpretation together (vs. 10 & 30), which only occurs in a meeting i.e. interpretation has no use outside a meeting. Other Scriptures in chapter 14 are sometimes quoted to lend weight to the argument, as Paul refers a number of times to a meeting situation.
Once again, as with the previous post, for the RCI to see that 1 Cor 12:27-30 has general application to the wider body of Christ, or even just the local church "outside" a meeting, is unacceptable. For this would mean there are specific Scriptures stating that not all who were members of the Body of Christ spoke in tongues in Paul's time.
So, let us see how the meeting only context hold up?
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