Men's doctrines have even turned the idea of languages and an interpreter that Apostle Paul spoke of in 1 Corinthians 14 into an idea that the true cloven tongue manifests in the Church as 'gibberish', and requires someone present to interpret by The Spirit. They go outside of how the true cloven tongue of Pentecost manifested per Acts 2. A close study of 1 Corinthians 14 reveals Paul was talking about KNOWN languages of the world, and an interpreter that can TRANSLATE for one coming into the Church that speaks a different language of the world.
1 Cor 14
14 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Understand, that to 'prophesy' means to teach in a KNOWN language of the world so the people can understand. Paul is not referring to the cloven tongue with that.
2 For he that speaketh in anunknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
In the Greek, that word "unknown" there in the KJV is NOT in the manuscripts. The KJV translators added it. Paul is pointing to KNOWN languages of the world there, not an unknown language.
And what he says there is so, that if someone comes into the Church that speaks another language other than those present speak, then that new person would just be speaking to God and to himself, for no one else would understand. And even when we pray using the words of our own language of birth to God, we are praying in The Spirit, even if others present hear us that don't speak our particular language of birth.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
To prophesy, according to Apostle Paul, means to teach with edification, exhortation and comfort, and that... means the hearer has to first be able to understand the speaker.
4 He that speaketh in anunknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
Again, strike out that word "unknown", it was added. It is not in the Greek manuscripts of this whole 1 Corinthians 14 Chapter.
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.
Notice Paul says above that he wished that the whole Church spake in "tongues" (in the plural sense). But I thought the gibberish speech some claim is the true cloven tongue is but ONE tongue that manifests as different languages to each person present? That's what Acts 2 shows anyway.
Notice how Paul contrasts the idea of speaking in a different language with prophesying (teaching with understanding).
And then notice how Paul says unless the one speaking in a different language also interprets for the Church, then how will they understand what's being spoken? Paul is referring to different languages of the world, not a gibberish unknown tongue.
6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
Again Paul compares speaking with words easy to be understood compared with someone who speaks in a different language of the world that no one present can understand.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
The idea of a "barbarian" per the Greek simply means 'a foreigner'. What do foreigners speak? they speak in different 'known'... languages of the world.
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in anunknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I pray in anunknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
The gibberish believer instead believes Paul was pointing to a gibberish unknown tongue with that, but that is not Paul's subject. Paul was pointing to speaking in a different known languages of the world to those present who don't speak that language. Unless the speaker also interprets, those people won't be able to understand. And note especially what Paul says next in connection with that...
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
Paul spoke several known languages of the world, Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Latin, Coptic, etc.
19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in anunknown tongue.
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21 In the law it is written, "'With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear Me', saith the Lord."
By Paul quoting the above from Isaiah 28 as an example of the tongues he refers to here, that reveals the sense of the type of tongues Paul was pointing to, i.e., KNOWN languages of the world, not some gibberish unknown tongue.
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.
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?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
The true cloven tongue of Pentecost is not 'learned'. But known languages of the world are learned. That is another indicator by Paul here that he is talking about KNOWN languages of the world, and not the cloven tongue.
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.
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
27 If any man speak in anunknown 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.
KJV
It truly would be madness if many brethren who each spoke a different known language of the world came together, and they couldn't understand each other. That... is the matter Paul is pointing to. So let at the most 2 or 3, one after the other, speak, and let one who knows their foreign language interpret for the rest of the Church. That... is the subject by Paul here, not the cloven tongue of Pentecost.
The True Cloven Tongue of Pentecost:
Needs no language interpreter.
Goes out in KNOWN languages to each person that hears it.
Manifests in the very DIALECTS of KNOWN languages of the world. That means the SLANG of a particular known language of the world, accents and all.
Is the actual single tongue all nations once spoke prior to the Babel event, and the future tongue God has promised to return all peoples to speaking again, per Zephaniah 3:8-9.
1 Cor 14
14 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Understand, that to 'prophesy' means to teach in a KNOWN language of the world so the people can understand. Paul is not referring to the cloven tongue with that.
2 For he that speaketh in an
In the Greek, that word "unknown" there in the KJV is NOT in the manuscripts. The KJV translators added it. Paul is pointing to KNOWN languages of the world there, not an unknown language.
And what he says there is so, that if someone comes into the Church that speaks another language other than those present speak, then that new person would just be speaking to God and to himself, for no one else would understand. And even when we pray using the words of our own language of birth to God, we are praying in The Spirit, even if others present hear us that don't speak our particular language of birth.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
To prophesy, according to Apostle Paul, means to teach with edification, exhortation and comfort, and that... means the hearer has to first be able to understand the speaker.
4 He that speaketh in an
Again, strike out that word "unknown", it was added. It is not in the Greek manuscripts of this whole 1 Corinthians 14 Chapter.
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.
Notice Paul says above that he wished that the whole Church spake in "tongues" (in the plural sense). But I thought the gibberish speech some claim is the true cloven tongue is but ONE tongue that manifests as different languages to each person present? That's what Acts 2 shows anyway.
Notice how Paul contrasts the idea of speaking in a different language with prophesying (teaching with understanding).
And then notice how Paul says unless the one speaking in a different language also interprets for the Church, then how will they understand what's being spoken? Paul is referring to different languages of the world, not a gibberish unknown tongue.
6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
Again Paul compares speaking with words easy to be understood compared with someone who speaks in a different language of the world that no one present can understand.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
The idea of a "barbarian" per the Greek simply means 'a foreigner'. What do foreigners speak? they speak in different 'known'... languages of the world.
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an
14 For if I pray in an
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified.
The gibberish believer instead believes Paul was pointing to a gibberish unknown tongue with that, but that is not Paul's subject. Paul was pointing to speaking in a different known languages of the world to those present who don't speak that language. Unless the speaker also interprets, those people won't be able to understand. And note especially what Paul says next in connection with that...
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
Paul spoke several known languages of the world, Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, Latin, Coptic, etc.
19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an
20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
21 In the law it is written, "'With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear Me', saith the Lord."
By Paul quoting the above from Isaiah 28 as an example of the tongues he refers to here, that reveals the sense of the type of tongues Paul was pointing to, i.e., KNOWN languages of the world, not some gibberish unknown tongue.
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.
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?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
The true cloven tongue of Pentecost is not 'learned'. But known languages of the world are learned. That is another indicator by Paul here that he is talking about KNOWN languages of the world, and not the cloven tongue.
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.
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
27 If any man speak in an
28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
KJV
It truly would be madness if many brethren who each spoke a different known language of the world came together, and they couldn't understand each other. That... is the matter Paul is pointing to. So let at the most 2 or 3, one after the other, speak, and let one who knows their foreign language interpret for the rest of the Church. That... is the subject by Paul here, not the cloven tongue of Pentecost.
The True Cloven Tongue of Pentecost:
Needs no language interpreter.
Goes out in KNOWN languages to each person that hears it.
Manifests in the very DIALECTS of KNOWN languages of the world. That means the SLANG of a particular known language of the world, accents and all.
Is the actual single tongue all nations once spoke prior to the Babel event, and the future tongue God has promised to return all peoples to speaking again, per Zephaniah 3:8-9.
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