Religion & Spirituality
After explaining the superiority of the gift of prophesying over the gift of tongues -14-1-12-, Paul then emphasized the inferiority of speaking in an unknown language -14-13-19-. He commanded the Corinthian believers to DEPEND on God - Pray- Being mindful that they should never speak in a language without proper interpretation, because the result would be mindless and unfruitful. They were to DECIDE how to answer the question, -Therefore, what shall I do- with this dilemma- The answer is- -1- Always pray with your spirit -breath- and with your mind -brain-- and -2- Always sing with your spirit -breath- and with your mind -brain-. Otherwise, you will end up in a quandary, when the ungifted -ignorant- cannot understand and be edified by your message. Even though Paul's experience was using the gift of tongues more than any of them, his sincere DESIRE was to expose a church to as little as five understandable words that would instruct them, rather than ten thousand unknown words that carried no meaning.