Quotes About Interpretation

So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

Because of this, the rumor spread among the brothers that this disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say that he would not die, but only, “If I want him to remain until I return, what is that to you?”

So Philip ran up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

For you are bringing some strange notions to our ears, and we want to know what they mean.”

But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”

I say this as a concession, not as a command.

Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesnít the Law say the same thing?

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.

But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet.

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from oneís own interpretation.

He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.