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Originally Posted by mfblume
What about the words of Paul saying that prayer in tongues edifies oneself but PROPHESYING edifies others? He did not say prayer in tongues that is interpreted edifies others. And prophesying is not the same thing as interpretation of tongues.
I think that since Paul said prayer in tongues edifies oneself, and since he said he spoke in tongues more than them all but yet in the CHURCH he rather spoke in the native language, he meant that prayer in tongues is done in private. Why else would he say he spoke in tongues more than anyone, but YET IN THE CHURCH not do so?
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Those ideas about edifying yourself come from
1 Corinthians 14:2,4. From conext, those verses are obviously about the gift of tongues. Verse 1 even says he is talking about spiritual gifts and they are compared with prophecy. So they cannot be used to support the pentecostal practice that everyone seems to pray in tongues because everyone in the pentecostal movement prays in tongues and those verses are in reference to the gift of tongues which not everyone has.
Another, thought is... what reason does Paul give for the church not being edified for your speaking in tongues? Because they don't understand it. If they are not edified because they don't understand what is being said, how can you be edified when you don't understand what is being said?
One explanation Paul could be thanking God he spoke in tongues was because his speaking in tongues were edifying those around him.
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