Wednesday, May 27, 2026

1 Corinthians 14 - who do you prioritize: the church or yourself?


Paul wanted that the Corinthians belong to a healthy church. I am from Brazil and here we have "macumba", an Afro religion, where people get in trance when they receive "spirits" loosing self control. This kind of religion was popular among many nations, particularly in the Corinth city. When the gentiles accepted Jesus, they received the gifts of tongues. They behaved as a person in transe because they didn't communicate with others in the church. Perhaps, when someone talked in strange tongues (that no one understood), he was in fact praising the Lord, but only him was "blessed" by it, not the church. Another gift was to prophecy that is to edify/strength others, to encourage/exhort others and to comfort/console others. This gift prioritize/blessed the church. Thus Paul recommends that the Corinthians seek much more to prophecy than to speak in tongues. The church must be a place of order instead of disorder.

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