The Gift of Tongues

If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.

But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.

Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.

But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.