Tamed Tongues and Winsome Worship — The Two Things Which Should Characterize Our Praise Gatherings
1 Corinthians 14:26-40
With these verses the Apostle Paul concludes his discussion of the spiritual gifts in general and tongues in
particular. He lays out even more guidelines and gives a summary conclusion that is both clear and passionate.
Worship must be both edifying and orderly, and so indiscriminate, uninterpreted tongues were out of place on
two counts. It is only when we put our prejudices aside and take the text of Scripture as it was written that we
grow, are led, and are at one.