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If, then, the whole church meets together and everyone starts speakingin strange tongues - and if some ordinary people or unbelievers come in, won't they say that you are all crazy?
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Love is eternal. There are inspired messages, but they are temporary; there are gifts of speakingin strange tongues, but they will cease; there is knowledge, but it will pass.
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Those who speak in strange tongues do not speak to others but to God, because no one understands them. They are speaking secret truths by the power of the Spirit.
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So then, the gift of speakingin strange tongues is proof for unbelievers, not for believers, while the gift of proclaiming God's message is proof for believers, not for unbelievers.
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The Spirit gives one person the power to work miracles; to another, the gift of speaking God's message; and to yet another, the ability to tell the difference between gifts that come from the Spirit and those that do not. To one person he gives the ability to speak in strange tongues, and to another he gives the ability to explain what is said.