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The divine enabling of a believer to use a language, unknown to the speaker. The gift of tongues may be used to praise God or to utter a message from God that, supplemented by the gift of interpretation of tongues, edifies other believers. Note that “tongues” can simply mean “other languages” at times.
It is given to individual believers Ac 2:4 See also 1Co 12:11,30 it is not universal among Christians
It was foretold in the OT 1Co 14:21; Isa 28:11
It is a divine gift in response to faith Mk 16:17
It may be given through the laying on of hands Ac 19:6
It is a sign of the presence of the Holy Spirit Ac 10:44-46
The need for love 1Co 13:1
The need for prophecy 1Co 14:4-6
The need for intelligibility See also 1Co 14:9,13,16-19,23
The need for interpretation 1Co 12:8-10; 1Co 14:12-13
The transience of tongues 1Co 13:8
In prayer and praise See also Ro 8:26; 1Co 14:14-15,26,28; Eph 6:18; Jude 20
For the benefit of believers 1Co 12:7-10 See also 1Co 14:5,16-17,26
In public it needs to be augmented by the gift of interpretation 1Co 14:26-28 See also 1Co 12:30; 1Co 14:5,13
3221 | Holy Spirit & prayer |
3257 | Holy Spirit, gift of |
5193 | tongue |
5374 | languages |
6257 | unbelievers |
7966 | spiritual gifts |
8413 | edification |