All Topic References For TONGUES


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Study on TONGUES:


Mark 16:17

And these miraculous signs will accompany those who believed [were entrusted with faith]. In my name, they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;


Acts 2:3

And there appeared to them separated tongues looking like fire and settling on each one of them.


Acts 10:46

For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,


Acts 19:6

And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.


1 Corinthians 12:10

To another the performing of miracles; to another prophecy; to another distinguishing of spirits; to another [different] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:


1 Corinthians 12:28

And God fixed in place in the church, in the highest rank apostles, second in place prophets, third in place teachers, then miracles, next gifts of healings, helpers, directors, and a variety of different tongues.
Tongues can be used as a ministry and are listed among several other ministry activities.


1 Corinthians 12:30

Not everyone has the gifts of healing. Not everyone speaks in tongues. Not everyone interprets
This verse seems to contradict Paul's statement that we can all speak with other tongues. What he is saying here is that speaking with tongues as form of ministry is not something everyone does.


1 Corinthians 13:1

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and do not have [agape] love, I have become [like] a noisy brass [instrument], or a clanging cymbal.
Tongues are languages used by both humans and angels. Thus demons can understand them, because they were once angels.


1 Corinthians 13:8

[Agape] love never loses its efficiency: but if [there are] prophecies, they will come to an end; if [there are] tongues, they will cease; if [there is] knowledge, it will vanish away.


1 Corinthians 14:6

Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what benefit will I be to you, unless I speak to you either through revelation, or through knowledge, or through prophesying, or through teaching?
Tongues can be used to communicate revelations from God or principles and truths. It can be used in conjunction with both Prophetic and Teaching ministries.