Do all speak with tongues?
I have a question for those who hold on to the Pentecostal position that all believers should speak with tongues. The apostle Paul asked a string of rhetorical questions in 1 Corinthians chapter 12:
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
Being rhetorical questions, the answer to each and everyone of them is “NO”.
So, the answer to the question, “Do all [believers] speak with tongues?” is: No; all believers do not speak with tongues.
Note the context: it is that of presenting believers as different parts of the body, such that they are all not the same. How can anyone read such a clear statement as made by the apostle Paul here and still suppose that all believers should speak with tongues?
