Tongues Dates
Tongue speaking groups try to confuse the gullible by making it seem the New Testament was close to completion when I Corinthians was written, chapters 12-14 give instructions concerning tongues. Romans chapter 12 was also written in close proximity in time to I Corinthians.
I Corinthians teaches some spiritual gifts such as tongues would cease at some point.
It also teaches at the time I Corinthians was written they knew in part and prophesied in part, so that the entire knowledge of Christ wasn't given yet.
The timeline of the New Testament writings makes this even clearer.
1. The Corinthian church began in 53 AD as documented in Acts 18.
2. Paul stayed there and evangelized 1 1/2 years before going to Ephesus.
3. In 55 AD I Corinthians was written from Ephesus.
That means the church there had exercised spiritual gifts for evangelism and teaching for a fairly short period of time. It also shows they edified the Church without the New Testament scriptures in that period since most were not written yet.
The following were not written in 55 AD when I Corinthians was written.
Romans 57 AD
Luke 60 AD
Acts 62 AD
John 85-95 AD
I & II Peter 60-65 AD
I, II, & III John 80-95 AD
Hebrews 68 AD
I & II Timothy
Titus
Jude
Revelation
That means Paul's statement that they knew in part and prophesied in part was true. The new churches were indeed babes in knowledge.
1Co 3:1 AndG2532 I,G1473 brethren,G80 couldG1410 notG3756 speakG2980 unto youG5213 asG5613 unto spiritual,G4152 butG235 asG5613 unto carnal,G4559 even asG5613 unto babesG3516 inG1722 Christ.G5547
1Co 3:2 I have fedG4222 youG5209 with milk,G1051 andG2532 notG3756 with meat:G1033 forG1063 hitherto ye were not ableG3768 G1410 to bear it, neitherG3777 yetG2089 nowG3568 are ye able.G1410
A study of Acts up to chapter 18 shows the teaching was mostly from Old Testament prophecy as the teachers matched the life of Christ with the law and prophets. This would be true of Apollos who was called mighty in the scriptures, at that time only two Gospels were possibly written and other writings by non-inspired were written. There is no evedince the churches in that country had received Matthew or Mark yet, they were likely written in Palestine and Alexandria, and were not in general use in all areas.
Apollos taught and proved Christ mostly from Old Testament passages.
Act 18:28 ForG1063 he mightilyG2159 convincedG1246 theG3588 Jews,G2453 and that publickly,G1219 shewingG1925 byG1223 theG3588 scripturesG1124 that JesusG2424 wasG1511 Christ.G5547
At the time Apollos was in Ephesus and Corinth the above scriptures were not written. Apollos taught by God's grace, so that he had the gift of understanding the Old Testament in relation to Christ. He was an evangelist in convincing the Jews.
1Co 3:5 WhoG5101 thenG3767 isG2076 Paul,G3972 andG1161 whoG5101 is Apollos,G625 butG235 (G2228) ministersG1249 byG1223 whomG3739 ye believed,G4100 evenG2532 asG5613 theG3588 LordG2962 gaveG1325 to every man?G1538
1Co 3:6 IG1473 have planted,G5452 ApollosG625 watered;G4222 butG235 GodG2316 gave the increase.G837
Since the Church was still in a highly evangelistic mode toward the Jews we can see the use of tongues as a sign toward unbelievers was still in use.
Paul and Apollos both worked in an evangelistic fashion, and did not teach in a complete fashion.
Since the New Testament was not completed for another 41 years and large amounts of history and knowledge were added later we can see that Paul's teaching that tongues, prophecy, and knowledge would cease after the knowledge and history were completed.
More likely not when written, but when permeating through the church, which took a while longer.
This matches the parable of the Leaven.
Mat_13:33 AnotherG243 parableG3850 spakeG2980 he unto them;G846 TheG3588 kingdomG932 of heavenG3772 isG2076 like untoG3664 leaven,G2219 whichG3739 a womanG1135 took,G2983 andG2532 hidG1470 inG1519 threeG5140 measuresG4568 of meal,G224 tillG2193 the(G3739) wholeG3650 was leavened.G2220
The word " till "implies a cessation of that work by the woman, perhaps the symbol of the church.