Daily Readings (Page 52)

How did Paul regulate speaking in tongues in the church? Why do you think he wanted to regulate their use of tongues?

How does exercising the gifts of tongues and prophecy affect unbelievers?

What does unintelligible speech signify in the Isaiah passage?

What is the appropriate context for speaking in tongues?

If speaking in tongues is exercised in a church gathering, what must be accompanied for it to be intelligible and edifying to the church?

Paul used two analogies here to illustrate speaking in tongues. Why do you think he focused on this gift in his address to the Corinthian believers?

What is Paul’s main concern about exercising the gifts of prophecy and tongues in the context of a church gathering?

How is faith and hope related to the preceding verses? Why is love the greatest?

What is Paul contrasting in these verses? What does this inform us about spiritual gifts?

What is the difference in permanence between agape love and spiritual gifts? How does the relativising of spiritual gifts guide us to a proper perspective of the Spirit’s will in His giving of gifts?