哥林多前書14:13-19

14:13 所以那說方言的，就當求著能翻出來。
14:14 我若用方言禱告，是我的靈禱告，但我的悟性沒有果效。
14:15 這卻怎麼樣呢？我要用靈禱告，也要用悟性禱告；我要用靈歌唱，也要用悟性歌唱。
14:16 不然，你用靈祝謝，那在座不通方言的人，既然不明白你的話，怎能在你感謝的時候說「阿們」呢？
14:17 你感謝的固然是好，無奈不能造就別人。
14:18 我感謝上帝，我說方言比你們眾人還多。
14:19 但在教會中，寧可用悟性說五句教導人的話，強如說萬句方言。

¹³ For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. ¹⁴ For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. ¹⁵ So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. ¹⁶ Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer,^[d] say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? ¹⁷ You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.
¹⁸ I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. ¹⁹ But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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    保羅用誇飾的手法，再次談到悟性的重要：「我感謝上帝，我說方言比你們眾人還多。但在教會中，寧可用悟性說五句教導人的話，強如說萬句方言。」

    可見在保羅的心中，是多麼看重基督信仰必須用清楚的話語傳講，讓人能夠明白真裡而接受耶穌基督為救主！所以，他不鼓勵方言，鼓勵人即使講五句讓人明白的話，還是勝過萬句人不明白的方言！

    親愛的弟兄姐妹們，讓我們相信上帝是多麼喜歡人能清楚回應他的呼召，快快使用人能懂的話，來呼召人成為耶穌基督的門徒吧！