What is so hard about understanding tongues? It merely means the ability to speak a foreign language.
If a person came into the assembly who knew only Latin and the services were in Greek, a translator was needed.
It is NOT the speaking of gibberish as some say and do today.
It is NOT the speaking of gibberish as some say and do today.
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St Paul disagrees. He spoke of speaking/praying WITH his understanding AND WITHOUT.
Of tongues of men
and tongues of angels.
Seems pretty clear, to me. Needing no off the wall extrapolations, assumptions and arbitrary inferences to derive Holy Spirit's meaning in Paul's words.