You are completely refuted by Paul writing not to speak in tongues in church, unless it’s interpreted, so those there know what’s being said, but then saying he spoke in tongues more than anyone, and that when he speaks in tongues, he doesn’t understand what he’s saying - which means he’s not doing it in church, but in private.
You are misreading Paul because when the Holy Spirit manifest tongues through Paul, he is praying that somebody else will interpret so that he will understand it and that tongue will be fruitful to Paul. That means there is no way tongues are for private use because no one would be able to understand it for that kind of tongue to be fruitful to any modern day tongue speaker.
They list s many benefits for tongues for private use and they have different modes like self edification to Holy Spirit praying for you, so how can it benefit any one that uses tongues for private use when you know not what it is being said?
You continue to show you don’t really know what scripture says on the topic
Since mediums & wizards & voodoo priests speaks in tongues that is gibberish nonsense, how can you tell if they have repented if they continue the same kind of tongue in your assembly? How can those sinners know if they have departed from those spirits if the Holy Spirit supposedly does the same thing by that kind of tongue?
Paul doesn’t understand what he’s saying when praying in tongues, meaning it’s not in church when he’s doing so:
In context of verse 12 is why I'd say that whole chapter is about edifying the church for why prophesy is better than tongues because tongues is not a stand alone gift.
1 Corinthians 14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
1Co 14:13 Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
1Co 14:14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful.
1Co 14:15 What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.
1Co 14:16 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying?
1Co 14:17 For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up.
If you read this in its entirety, you would know this is about the gift of tongues in the assembly.
I have never heard of any one using tongues for private use, praying for interpretation.
Yet part of spiritual warfare is praying always in the sprit:
Eph 6:18 praying at all times
in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
You praying at all times in the Spirit is not the same as having supposedly the Spirit interrupting you from you praying normally in praying for you out loud.
[/QUOTE]The gift of tongues is used in spiritual warfare, and is used because the spirit intercedes for us by praying for us for things we know not how to pray about - because the HS has perfect knowledge, and we don’t - and is used to give a message to the congregation in church, when it’s interpreted, and also edifies the person using them in private prayer.[/QUOTE]
Matthew 6:7-8 testifies that the Father knows before we ask anything in prayer so there is no need for a secret language for the Holy Spirit to pray out loud for us in. Indeed, for you to make that claim against spiritual warfare or for not knowing what to pray, then you alienate those believers that do not have tongues for private use as that makes it look like the Holy Spirit is not in them to pray for them.
Romans 8:26-27 in the KJV & SAV is for all believers as He cannot utter His own groanings for why the father knows before we ask anything in prayer in Matthew 6:7-8
I’m about done here, it’s about time to heed Paul in 1 Corinthians 14, and let the ignorant remain ignorant.
It’s obvious that some have no ears to hear.
Problem here is that you do not see yourself separating yourself from the body of Christ, because you want to believe tongues are for private use just as you want to believe when you went forward to the altar to ask for salvation, you were seeking a sign of your salvation rather than to come to Him & believe in Him to be saved. If you had believed that you were saved for coming to & believing in Jesus Christ as that is the truth of the gospel, then you would not be going to the altar asking for salvation. The company you kept is responsible for what made you go up to that altar for.
Thanks for sharing, brother, but I still say for you to ask Jesus to make sure everything is okay between you & Him because by His words, I do see by Him it is not okay.