What is "speaking in tongues"?

[idifacs_john]

Yes that is all it is Michael, speaking an actual Language you have never spoken before, not the gibberish that is constantly promoted that only " people with the gift to hear it can understand it " you know something is a hoax or made up when it can only be verified by certain people with special powers or gifts. The gibberish speaking in tongues is something anyone with half a brain can do and if one doesnt have the imagination skills to do it, one can easily find a youtube video to learn how to " speak in tongues ". Don’t let yourself be fooled by people with mental disorders claiming to have some kind spiritual super power that only someone else with the special spiritual super power can understand.

 

[rose321]

Maybe not as far as you know. But St. Paul did, and he directed that it not be forbidden.

Respectfully opinion only, pondering on in searching:

Glossa-Greek word appears no less then 50 times in NT
Refers to physical organ - tongue
James 3:5, Acts 2:3

Glossolalia - 2 Greek Words
Glossa - means language -tongue
lalia - means speech

Speak in languages new to them
Acts 2:4, Acts 2:7 8- every man heard them speak in their own language
Mark 16:17 new - Kainos

1 Corth 12:14, 14:2, 4, 13, 14, 19, 27.>>

HS is sovereign in the distribution of theses gifts, no one person has all the gifts nor are we to seek such gifts. unquote

Rev 5:9, 7:9, 10:11, 11:9, 13:7, 14:6, 17:5 each passage where the word tongue is mentioned – it means one of the languages associated with various nationalities. unquoted Sources

HS did not direct St Paul to write that the tongue was unknown.

Does not appear in Greek manuscripts, original copies. <

HS being sovereign over such gifts, Spiritual Knowledge and Understanding are they gifts also of the HS?

Far better that I go for my Father will send you the advocate to teach you, lead you, be head over you the HS, is this not written?

Languages also for some are not new>> but just cannot speak it or understand when being spoken.

Peace

 

[rose321]

“39 Wherefore, brethren, be zealous to prophesy; and forbid not to speak with tongues.”

That’s from 1 Corinthians 14 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA).

Respectfully thank you for biblical verse 1 Corinthians and stating also within Douay Rheims 1899 (DRA)

but that is not what is written in the original copies>in the >Greek Manuscripts>>> from which it was translated from then>>> copied and put into the bibles or Douay Rheims 1899 AE.
Translating is a very difficult task and translating it again into many other languages is a heavy task indeed.

Not to be forbidden>> is not>> found or what was written in the Greek Manuscripts>>St Paul did not do the translating did he?
Peace

 

[BartholomewB]

“39 Wherefore, brethren, be zealous to prophesy; and forbid not to speak with tongues.”

That’s from 1 Corinthians 14 Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA).

Paul has more to say in that chapter about speaking in tongues.

Whoever speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but whoever prophesies builds up the church. Now I should like all of you to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. One who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be built up… . If you, because of speaking in tongues, do not utter intelligible speech, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be talking to the air. …

I give thanks to God that I speak in tongues more than any of you, but in the church I would rather speak five words with my mind, so as to instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.

(verses 4, 5, 9, 18, 19)

1 Corinthians, CHAPTER 14

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[Fuerza]

This. I don’t understand why people can’t grasp this.

 

[Brendan_64]

We have been given the gift of free will and as such we are personally responsible for what we say or do. I find it a bit difficult to square this with speaking in a language and at the same time not know the meaning of the words you speak.

If people spoke in tongues, but knew the meaning themselves of what they themselves were speaking then that would seem to be more compatible with the notion of free will.

How does free will fit into the concept of speaking in tongues? Can a person praise, or pray to, God without understanding what they are saying?

If there is someone on here who believes they have spoken in tongues, then I would be really interested in your take on this.

 

[Medawlinno]

Paul indicated that speaking in (foreign) languages (i.e. “tongues”) should not be forbidden because it was one of the main ways to spread the message of Christianity to the then known world.

Again, when it comes to something spoken, there are no Biblical references to “tongues” that do not equate to real, rational language.

Indeed, Paul, being the apostle to the Gentiles likely used his knowledge of foreign languages to spread his message considerably more than others; thus, was glad and gave thanks to God that he “spoke in ‘tongues’ more than any of you”.

Considering where he went though, it’s likely he really only needed three - his native Greek, Aramaic, and Latin