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- "Tongues" is a type of heavenly language that even angels speak (1 Corinthians 13:1). It can be used to communicate with God (1 Cor. 14:2) and it can be used to communicate to people as well (through the additional gift of interpretation) (Acts 2:6)
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- This indicates that just as the disciple experienced the gift of tongues, some of the bystanders experienced the gift of interpretation (1 Corinthians 14:13-14).
- Q&A: What Is the Gift of Interpretation? The gift of interpretation is the gift to translate tongues. If a person truly possesses the gift of interpretation, they will hear every word in their own language - it is a word-for-word translation.
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- It is normally discouraged to See peaking in tongues to a foreign unbeliever works (they will understand / interpret you) if they have a soft, God-fearing heart (Acts 2:5). But hardened, scornful, or bitter people will not understand you.
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Verses 17-21. God has given signs to the world that the judgment of the end is coming. In our lives, the evidence of the Holy Spirit is given to believers to help prove to others that God is real and that His judgment is coming. We are meant to preach that everyone who sincerely calls on the Lord Jesus in repentance from sin and belief in Him will be saved.
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Verses 22-24. God intended that Jesus suffer and die. It was no accident; it was sacrifice on God's part for our salvation, since He had to suffer for us. But there was no loss in the end because Jesus was raised from death. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23); since Jesus had no sin He could not stay dead.
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This is a reminder that there is no regretful loss when we sacrifice something for God. You will never regret giving up what the flesh wants to do what the Spirit says instead. What you will gain (eternal life) is far better.
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