the purpose for which God gave it, is to betray an immaturity which is inappropriate to spiritual adulthood. (The Greek word for “men” in verse 20 is τέλειοι, i.e., “mature.”) The all too conspicuous lack of serious and careful consideration of this pivotal section among present-day advocates of tongues, therefore, hardly speaks well for the maturity of understanding achieved by the modern movements claiming this gift. Then follows in verse 21 an Old Testament quotation from which the apostle draws