If anyone speaks in a tongue, two--or at the most three--should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God.
[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. [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 14:28, NASB: but if there is no interpreter, he is to keep silent in church; and have him speak to himself and to God. 1 Corinthians 14:28, NLT: But if no one is present who can interpret, they must be silent in your church meeting and speak in tongues to God privately.
Tongues should not be forbidden. See 1 Corinthians 14:39. The Holy Spirit gives some believers the spiritual gift of tongues to glorify God and, with the help of an interpreter, to edify the church. This gift is dealt with extensively in the Scriptures and its use should be encouraged.
1 Corinthians 14:28 ESV) It is obvious that Paul's definition of “keep silent” in 14:28 means that the tongue speaker is not to speak publicly or “from the pulpit” but rather he may speak “to himself and to God”.
Chapter Summary. Paul encourages the Corinthians to desire the gift of prophecy, especially, among the other gifts. He shows why its use in the church service is superior to the use of the gift of tongues if nobody is available to interpret.
1 Corinthians 14:13, NLT: So anyone who speaks in tongues should pray also for the ability to interpret what has been said. 1 Corinthians 14:13, CSB: Therefore the person who speaks in a tongue should pray that he can interpret.
But in 1 Corinthians 14:4 Paul says, “Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy”. Later in the same chapter he speaks of the possibility of all speaking in tongues (14:23) and of all prophesying (14:31).
They distinguish between (private) speech in tongues when receiving the gift of the Spirit, and (public) speech in tongues for the benefit of the church.
The idea of speaking in tongues is mentioned in the Bible in 1 Corinthians:12 as a spiritual gift that a baptized person who has accepted Christ could receive from God and the Holy Spirit. This gift allows a person to speak a foreign language they otherwise have no knowledge of.
“How hear we every man in our language wherein we were born?” (verse 11). The gift of tongues is the miraculous ability to speak in a foreign language. According to Acts 10, the household of Cornelius spoke in tongues when the Holy Spirit came upon them. The Jews heard these Gentiles “speak with tongues” (verse 46).
The following people, however, should not serve as health care interpreters: patients' family and friends, children under 18 years old, other patients or visitors, and untrained volunteers. Introduce yourself to the interpreter.
Overall, an interpreter plays the role of enabling communication between two or more individuals who don't speak the same language. Without an interpreter, people are unable to understand one another speech because they speak different languages.
Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
Corinthians-1 14:5
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.
REASON ONE: The Word of God teaches that when we are filled with the Holy Ghost, we speak with other tongues as the Spirit of God gives utterance. Speaking in tongues is an initial evidence, or sign, of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
What happened at Pentecost in the New Testament? Acts 2 describes a miracle: During the festival of Pentecost, Jesus' disciples are given the Holy Spirit, and they begin speaking in tongues (other languages).
Some Enochian words resemble words and proper names in the Bible, but most have no apparent etymology. Dee's journals also refer to this language as "Celestial Speech", "First Language of God-Christ", "Holy Language", or "Language of Angels".
The Bible specifically teaches that not everyone is given the gift of tongues (I Corinthians 12:29-30). That is why it's dangerous to teach that tongues are the only signifying proof of the work of God's Spirit in a person's life.
He did not speak of a future prayer model that would supplant this. The apostolic injunction to “pray in the Holy Spirit” does not vary, modify or cancel out this model prayer as that would violate the unity of Scripture. “Praying in tongues” exists but it is distinct from “praying in the Holy Spirit.”
Prophecy produces divine results; miraculous results, it has the capacity to bring the dead to life. This is what Paul says the outcome of prophecy is for unbelievers in 1 Corinthians 14.
2. Every tongue that rises against you in judgement YOU SHALL CONDEMN. That means you shall cancel , you shall refute and you shall render useless. You have seen given power to do so.
In this chapter, Paul writes about the gift of prophesy and about speaking in tongues. Biblical scholar F. Dale Bruner states that "edification becomes the theme of this chapter: in Paul's thought, the ultimate criterion for a gift of the Spirit is this: Does it upbuild the church?"
Colossians 3:17, NASB: Whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. Colossians 3:17, NLT: And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.