1 Corinthians 14:2

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For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

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  • 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
  • Acts 10:46 : 46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
  • Acts 19:6 : 6 and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.
  • Mark 16:17 : 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;
  • Acts 2:4-9 : 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. 5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. 6 When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
  • 1 Cor 15:51 : 51 Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed–
  • Eph 3:3-9 : 3 that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. 4 When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ 5 (which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit), 6 namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. 7 I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God’s grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. 8 To me– less than the least of all the saints– this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ 9 and to enlighten everyone about God’s secret plan– the mystery that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things.
  • Eph 6:19 : 19 Pray for me also, that I may be given the right words when I begin to speak– that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel,
  • Col 1:26-27 : 26 that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints. 27 God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
  • Col 2:2 : 2 My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ,
  • 1 Tim 3:9 : 9 holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
  • Rev 10:7 : 7 But in the days when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, just as he has proclaimed to his servants the prophets.”
  • Acts 22:9 : 9 Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
  • Rom 16:25 : 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages,
  • 1 Cor 2:7 : 7 Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.
  • 1 Cor 2:10 : 10 God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
  • 1 Cor 14:9-9 : 9 It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air. 10 There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning. 11 If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
  • 1 Cor 14:16 : 16 Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say“Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
  • 1 Cor 14:18-23 : 18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you, 19 but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue. 20 Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. 21 It is written in the law:“By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” says the Lord. 22 So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. 23 So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?
  • Gen 11:7 : 7 Come, let’s go down and confuse their language so they won’t be able to understand each other.”
  • Gen 42:23 : 23 (Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)
  • Deut 28:49 : 49 The LORD will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand,
  • Ps 49:3-4 : 3 I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts. 4 I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp.
  • Ps 78:2 : 2 I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,
  • 2 Kgs 18:26 : 26 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser,“Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don’t speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
  • 1 Cor 14:27-28 : 27 If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret. 28 But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

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  • 1 Cor 14:3-28
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    3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation.

    4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

    5 I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.

    6 Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

    7 It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?

    8 If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?

    9 It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

    10 There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

    11 If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

    12 It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

    13 So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

    14 If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

    15 What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.

    16 Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say“Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

    17 For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

    18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

    19 but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

    20 Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.

    21 It is written in the law:“By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” says the Lord.

    22 So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

    23 So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

    24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.

    25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring,“God is really among you.”

    26 Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

    27 If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

    28 But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

  • 1 Cor 14:1
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    1 Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

  • 1 Cor 14:38-39
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    38 If someone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.

    39 So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

  • 1 Cor 2:13-15
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    13 And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

    14 The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    15 The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

  • 1 Cor 2:10-11
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    10 God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

    11 For who among men knows the things of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

  • 1 Cor 12:10-11
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    10 to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

    11 It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1 Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

  • Isa 28:11
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    11 For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people.

  • 1 Cor 13:1
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    1 The Way of Love If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

  • Matt 10:20
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    20 For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

  • 2 Cor 12:4
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    4 was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak.

  • 1 Cor 14:30-32
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    30 And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude.

    31 For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

    32 Indeed, the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,

  • Rom 8:26
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    26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.

  • 1 Cor 12:30
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    30 Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

  • 1 Cor 12:3
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    3 So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says,“Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say,“Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 2:4
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    4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.

  • 1 Cor 2:7
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    7 Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory.

  • Luke 8:10
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    10 He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

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