ACC ~ 1 Corinthians 14 v22

THE VEIL OF TONGUES. AMBROSIASTER: The utterances of God are hidden beneath the veil of an unknown tongue, so that they should not be seen by unbelievers. Paul was saying that tongues are useful for hiding ideas from unbelievers. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

TONGUES NOT FOR INSTRUCTION. CHRYSOSTOM: Tongues are a sign to unbelievers not for their instruction, as prophecy is for both believers and unbelievers, but to astonish them. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 36.2.

TONGUES, PROPHECY AND MIRACLE. SEVERIAN OF GABALA: Tongues are a miracle in themselves. Prophecy, however, is a miracle in the substance of what it contains but not in the way in which it is uttered. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

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