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Truth about the gift of tongues

-- Desire to prophesy, not to speak with tongues, 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Corinthians 14:5
-- Edify the whole church, not just yourself, 1 Corinthians 14:12
-- God is not the author of confusion, 1 Corinthians 14:33
-- Holy Spirit intercedes for us in groanings that cannot be uttered, Romans 8:26
-- In the Bible those worshipping God fall forward on their faces, not backward, 1 Corinthians 14:25
-- Jesus never spoke in tongues, NO VERSES
-- No one gift is given to all believers, 1 Corinthians 12:8-11
-- Pentecost, God reversed the Tower of Babel and enabled speaking in other tongues, Acts 2:6
-- Prophesying is more important than tongues, 1 Corinthians 14:1-5
-- Speak in tongues only if there is an interpreter, 1 Corinthians 14:28
-- Speaking in tongues is limited to only two or three people, 1 Corinthians 14:27
-- Tongues are for a sign to those that do not believe, 1 Corinthians 14:22
-- Tongues is a gift but not the most important gift, 1 Corinthians 12:28
-- Tongues is listed last on two of the four gift lists, Romans 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11
-- Tongues is not to be spoken if there is no interpreter, 1 Corinthians 14:28
-- Tongues is only listed on two of the four gift lists, Romans 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:8-11; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11
-- Tongues is the language of the listeners, but foreign to the speaker, Acts 2:6-8
-- Tongues should not be spoken by all at the same time, 1 Corinthians 14:27
-- Tongues will cease, 1 Corinthians 13:8
-- Tongues, the things I write to you are the commandments of the Lord, 1 Corinthians 14:37
-- Tongues, unbelievers or unlearned will say you are mad, 1 Corinthians 14:23
-- Women are not to speak in the church, 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

Scriptures:

Acts 2:6-8 KJV
[6] Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. [7] And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? [8] And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

Romans 8:26 KJV
[26] Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered..

Romans 12:6-8 KJV
[6] Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; [7] Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; [8] Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Romans 12:6-8 --- tongues is not on this list

1 Corinthians 12:8-11 KJV
[8] For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; [9] To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; [10] To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: [11] But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
1 Corinthians 12:8-11 --- tongues is last on this list

1 Corinthians 12:28 KJV
[28] And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
1 Corinthians 12:28 --- tongues is last on this list

1 Corinthians 13:8 KJV
[8] Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

1 Corinthians 14:1-5 KJV
[1] Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. [2] For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. [3] But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. [4] He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. [5] I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.

1 Corinthians 14:12 KJV
[12] Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

1 Corinthians 14:22 KJV
[22] Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

1 Corinthians 14:23 KJV
[23] If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

1 Corinthians 14:25 KJV
[25] And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.

1 Corinthians 14:27 KJV
[27] If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.

1 Corinthians 14:28 KJV
[28] But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV
[33] For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 KJV
[34] Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. [35] And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.

1 Corinthians 14:37 KJV
[37] If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.

Ephesians 4:11 KJV
[11] And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
Ephesians 4:11 --- tongues is not on this list