Is the gift of tongues for today? First Corinthians 13:8 mentions the gift of tongues ceasing, although it connects the ceasing with the arrival of the “perfect” in 1 Corinthians 13:10. Some point to a difference in the tense of the Greek verbs referring to prophecy and knowledge “ceasing” and that of tongues “being ceased” as evidence for tongues ceasing before the arrival of the “perfect.”
Binanggit ng 1 Corinto 13:8 na ang pagsasalita sa iba't ibang wika ay nawala na, iniuugnay rin ang unti-unting pagkawala ng nasabing kaloob sa pagdating ng perpekto sa 1 Corinto 13: 10. Habang ito ang posibleng paliwanag, hindi naman ito malinaw sa teksto.