What is your understanding about the Spiritual Gift of speaking in tongues?

Question

My question is not so much about actually speaking in tongues, but more about when tongues are spoken, is there not supposed to be an interpretor OR an interpretation? And what is to be made of someone who regularly speaks in tongues, but without interpretation?

Ok People!! I did not ASK YOU IF IT WAS REAL, I asked about interpretation. I don't care if you believe in it or not. Stick with answering the QUESTION!

Ok People!! I did not ASK YOU IF IT WAS REAL, I asked about interpretation. I don't care if you believe in it or not. Stick with answering the QUESTION!

Answer 1

There must be an interpreter, when done in front of a masses... refer to 1 Corithians chapters 13 and 14... but here is the verse about an interpreter.

Corinthians 14: 26-28
A Call to Orderly Worship
26 Well, my brothers and sisters, let’s summarize. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in tongues, and another will interpret what is said. But everything that is done must strengthen all of you.
27 No more than two or three should speak in tongues. They must speak one at a time, and someone must interpret what they say. 28 But if no one is present who can interpret, they must be silent in your church meeting and speak in tongues to God privately."

Answer 2

Someone who regularly speaks in tongues but without interpretation is using their prayer language(and sometimes with this there is interpretation but not always). It is to be between them and God. There is also speaking in tongues for a public assembly and this should have an interpretation.
This is talked about in I Cor. 12-14..So in essence, there are 2 times that tongues will be used: during prayer and during the public assembly. The public tongues should always have at least one interpreter.

Unfortunately, you are getting a lot of nonsense answers on this one. This is a question that will separate the wheat from the chaff..good question!!

Answer 3

First, the bible states that the gift of speaking in tongues is a minor gift, meaning do not make it out to be more important than the other gifts, make it a bit less important.

To understand why we as humans would like to make it so important, you have to go back to the story of babylon, where God not only scattered all the people, but he also jumbled their tongues, meaning they no longer all spoke the same language.

Now fast forward to New testament times. God gave the apostles the ability to speak in tongues. Meaning they could speak Hebrew to someone who spoke only Greek and the Greek would be able to understand every word that the Hebrew spoke.

I personally would love to speak Amercian English and have all other languages understand what I am saying.

As for the people who speak gibberish that no one can understand, there is no biblical basis for it and it can actually harm someone who is trying to walk closer with God and have another human tell them that if they cannot understand it, they have somehow failed God.

I do find it interesting that there are many who claim to speak in tongues, but very few who claim to be able to interpret it.

Answer 4

In my opinion, there are different kinds of tongues and not all are for interpretation. Some is just the spirit making intercession for someone or something and there fore needs no interpretation.

Answer 5

I believe it is to enable people who speak different languages to understand each other. Like the example that Cindy gave of the Greek understanding the Hebrew. It can also be the ability for some people to learn many different languages, or one language quickly. Wouldn't you consider the ability to speak 7-10 languages a gift?

Answer 6

i havent been gifted with speaking in tongues,my interpretation is its heavenly language when spoken is to be interpreted to all in the house of the Lord,i find it disturbing when someone consistantlyspeaks w/o interpretation thats not bible

Answer 7

My belief is roughly the same as Cindy's. In fact, she covered it so well I wouldn't even bother answering except I'd like to add a couple of observations.
First of all, has anyone besides me noticed that the most militant Christians do seem to be those who refer to themselves as "born agains" or "chrismatics"? In fact, at times they seem to be downright hateful. (For instance, the Westboro people are "charismatic".)
I think that, while most of the charismatic stuff is fake, there truly IS a spirit behind it, and a great many people are actually being led by that spirit to babble in tongues, fall over as if in a faint, laugh hysterically at the least opportune times, stumble around as if drunk, and actually behave lilke barn animals during a church service. I have actually seen with my own eyes a lady in church under the influence of the spirit doing a very passable imatation of a chicken.
I seriously believe that the sprit influencing these people is NOT HOLY at all...in fact, I think that it is nothing less than the same lying spirit that we read about in Genesis, and that we are warned "prowls about like a hungry lion, looking for gullible souls to devour" (my paraphrase).
Just for good measure, how many people know that there are cults that worship Satan that do the EXACT SAME THINGS??

Christians, please, take warning. If you have not yet been "gifted" with this "miracle", run, do not walk, to the nearest exit while you still have time!!
Remember this...God has promised to actually send a strong delusion to strengthen your belief in a lie, if you refuse to believe the truth when you hear it. (Please read prayerfully the second chapter of 2 Thessalonians.)

*Climbs down from her soapbox, mops her brow, and leaves the stage....*

Answer 8

Well the Christian view is that speaking in tongues, and other related Gifts of the Spirit only existed when God dwelled on the earth, and therefore any time period outside of the New Testament signifies the work of Satan.

Answer 9

1. How can you find an appropriate interpreter if you don't know which of the world's many languages will be coming out of your mouth to be interpreted?

2. Every scientific study done on this phenomenon has found that people who speak in tongues are simply rearranging the syllables in their own language to utter gibberish. They are not actually speaking languages they do not know.

Answer 10

Check out one million Corinthians 12:29-30. Paul asks a rhetorical query right here, however solutions your query. Not every person had the reward of tongues again, simply as now not every person would heal or interpret. It did not imply that they have been any much less of a Christian, however that a few got the reward and a few weren't. This is why Paul later is going on to mention that the better matters have been Love, religion, and desire that's in element in bankruptcy thirteen. Paul calls Love a better reward. Edit: I used to be now not going to get into this, however seeing one of the different solutions I will deal with this factor. one million Corinthians is used as an explanation textual content on the right way to use non secular presents reminiscent of prophecy and talking in tongues. NOTICE that during verse thirteen:eight-10, the ones forms of presents will finish. These presents have been to guide the Church till the Word of God must come. Paul is addressing the presents on the grounds that they grew to become a significant deal to the individuals of Corinth. This is why Paul desired them to recognition on their right use as good because the better reward of affection. The presents of the spirit got here to the Apostles at Pentecost. They would provide them to any individual by means of laying on fingers. Notice Acts eight:18, this used to be whatever individuals would see. If you seem at Acts eight:four-thirteen, Philip used to be probably the most normal deacons and he used to be changing individuals to Christ. They noticed the indicators that he used to be doing, however no point out of any individual else having those powers. Then seem at verse 14-18, they needed to name an apostle to return and provide the reward. Philip used to be certified as any person can get to provide the message, but he used to be now not an apostle, and he would now not provide the ones non secular presents of the Holy Spirit reminiscent of tongues. Another reference is determined in Romans. Paul is writing to a organization of Christians (vs one million:6) who he nor every other of the apostles had but to talk over with. Notice one million:eleven. Why might those Christians want an apostle to talk over with them with the intention to get a non secular reward if it used to be automated to any Christian? The reality is that it is a problematic area to comprehend, and that considering the fact that the demise of the apostles the non secular presents have additionally died out. Why? Because as Paul acknowledged in one million Corinthians thirteen:10, now we have the scriptures with the intention to educate us approximately God so we don't have any want of the ones different presents to steer us to Christ.