哥林多前書14:26-40

14:26 弟兄們，這卻怎麼樣呢？你們聚會的時候，各人或有詩歌，或有教訓，或有啟示，或有方言，或有翻出來的話，凡事都當造就人。
14:27 若有說方言的，只好兩個人，至多三個人，且要輪流著說，也要一個人翻出來。
14:28 若沒有人翻，就當在會中閉口，只對自己和上帝說就是了。
14:29 至於作先知講道的，只好兩個人或是三個人，其餘的就當慎思明辨。
14:30 若旁邊坐著的得了啟示，那先說話的就當閉口不言。
14:31 因為你們都可以一個一個地作先知講道，叫眾人學道理，叫眾人得勸勉。
14:32 先知的靈原是順服先知的；
14:33 因為上帝不是叫人混亂，乃是叫人安靜。
14:34 婦女在會中要閉口不言，像在聖徒的眾教會一樣，因為不准她們說話。她們總要順服，正如律法所說的。
14:35 她們若要學甚麼，可以在家裡問自己的丈夫，因為婦女在會中說話原是可恥的。
14:36 上帝的道理豈是從你們出來嗎？豈是單臨到你們嗎？
14:37 若有人以為自己是先知，或是屬靈的，就該知道，我所寫給你們的是主的命令。
14:38 若有不知道的，就由他不知道吧！
14:39 所以我弟兄們，你們要切慕作先知講道，也不要禁止說方言。
14:40 凡事都要規規矩矩地按著次序行。

²⁶ What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. ²⁷ If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. ²⁸ If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and to God.
²⁹ Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. ³⁰ And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop. ³¹ For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged. ³² The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets. ³³ For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people.
³⁴ Women^[f] should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. ³⁵ If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.^[g]
36 Or did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only people it has reached? ³⁷ If anyone thinks they are a prophet or otherwise gifted by the Spirit, let them acknowledge that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command. ³⁸ But if anyone ignores this, they will themselves be ignored.^[h]
39 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. ⁴⁰ But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

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    保羅講論教會中的聚會情形就是要我們明白：「先知的靈原是順服先知的；因為上帝不是叫人混亂，乃是叫人安靜。」「所以我弟兄們，你們要切慕作先知講道，也不要禁止說方言。凡事都要規規矩矩地按著次序行。」

    教會中的「次序」很重要！若沒有規定好，很容易讓大家衝突而感覺混亂。正如教會禮拜要有程序，照著程序進行，大家就明白在什麼時段要做什麼事，就不會不知所措：可以其聲讚美上帝；安安靜靜領受上帝的話；弟兄姊妹此之間，又可以互相關懷與代禱；又可以奉獻金錢和心志給上帝。

    在教會有會議進行，有「次序」就可以做充分之討論，增進開會的效率；有「次序」，也就可以安排各樣恩賜的人彼此配搭；各個團契、事奉小組，也是透過「次序」來完成任務。

    所以，保羅會告訴哥林多教會：「凡事都要規規矩矩地按著次序行。」

哥林多前書14:20-25

14:20 弟兄們，在心志上不要作小孩子。然而，在惡事上要作嬰孩，在心志上總要作大人。
14:21 律法上記著：主說：我要用外邦人的舌頭和外邦人的嘴唇向這百姓說話；雖然如此，他們還是不聽從我。
14:22 這樣看來，說方言不是為信的人作證據，乃是為不信的人；作先知講道不是為不信的人作證據，乃是為信的人。
14:23 所以，全教會聚在一處的時候，若都說方言，偶然有不通方言的，或是不信的人進來，豈不說你們癲狂了嗎？
14:24 若都作先知講道，偶然有不信的，或是不通方言的人進來，就被眾人勸醒，被眾人審明，
14:25 他心裡的隱情顯露出來，就必將臉伏地，敬拜上帝，說：「上帝真是在你們中間了。」

²⁰ Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults. ²¹ In the Law it is written:

“With other tongues
    and through the lips of foreigners
I will speak to this people,
    but even then they will not listen to me,
says the Lord.”^[e]

²² Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. ²³ So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and inquirers or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your mind? ²⁴ But if an unbeliever or an inquirer comes in while everyone is prophesying, they are convicted of sin and are brought under judgment by all, ²⁵ as the secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”

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    保羅用明顯的例子來說明，使用悟性講道所帶來的果效！難道我們還要執迷不悟，在公開的場合中使用方言禱告嗎？正如我們不要在公開的佈道會中，使用神學上的專有名詞一樣。

    也因此，我們要看對象。若是在教會內，大家都可以接受方言禱告時，當然可以使用不反對。可是，禮拜中會有新朋友一起參與，他們不明白，就盡量避免，等到他們深入到教會再做解釋。

    我們在基督裡要處處考慮到帝兄姐妹的需要，雖然信主之後是完全自由了，但是堅固的人要照顧與體諒軟弱的人！就像使用方言禱告，也使如此喔!

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！

哥林多前書14:6-12

14:6 弟兄們，我到你們那裡去，若只說方言，不用啟示，或知識，或預言，或教訓，給你們講解，我與你們有甚麼益處呢？
14:7 就是那有聲無氣的物，或簫，或琴，若發出來的聲音沒有分別，怎能知道所吹所彈的是甚麼呢？
14:8 若吹無定的號聲，誰能預備打仗呢？
14:9 你們也是如此。舌頭若不說容易明白的話，怎能知道所說的是甚麼呢？這就是向空說話了。
14:10 世上的聲音，或者甚多，卻沒有一樣是無意思的。
14:11 我若不明白那聲音的意思，這說話的人必以我為化外之人，我也以他為化外之人。
14:12 你們也是如此，既是切慕屬靈的恩賜，就當求多得造就教會的恩賜。

⁶ Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction? ⁷ Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? ⁸ Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? ⁹ So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. ¹⁰ Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. ¹¹ If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me. ¹² So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.

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    保羅論到方言如同無意義的聲音，是無法使人明白的，使用方言是無意義的事情！也因此他質疑方言的造就性，就說：「弟兄們，我到你們那裡去，若只說方言，不用啟示，或知識，或預言，或教訓，給你們講解，我與你們有甚麼益處呢？」

    因此，我們不要高舉方言的恩賜，過於其他的恩賜。也不要動不動就用方言禱告，好像方言禱告必蒙上帝垂聽一般！因為，用方言禱告別人聽不懂，不知如何同心來禱告。

     所以，沒有用方言禱告是可以的，教會不要刻意鼓勵方言禱告，好好鼓勵大家研讀聖經，分享上帝的話，使大家同得造就，必蒙上帝的喜悅和賜福！

哥林多前書14章

      哥林多前書14:1-5  , 哥林多前書 14:1-4  ,

      哥林多前書 14:5-13  , 哥林多前書14:6-12  ,

      哥林多前書14:13-19  , 哥林多前書 14:14-19 ,

      哥林多前書14:20-25 , 哥林多前書 14:20-25 ,

      哥林多前書14:20  ,

      哥林多前書14:26-40  ,  哥林多前書 14:26-35 , 哥林多前書 14:36-40 ,