If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God – I say this to your shame!

was caught up into paradise ¹  and heard things too sacred to be put into words, ²  things that a person ³  is not permitted to speak.

Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, ¹  for we are members of one another.

speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music ¹  in ²  your hearts to the Lord,

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke ¹  that carries full authority. ²  Don’t let anyone look down ³  on you.

For if the message spoken through angels ¹  proved to be so firm that every violation ²  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Now Moses was faithful in all God’s ¹  house ²  as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.

But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, ¹  take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.

for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men ¹  carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world’s perspective and the world listens to them.

I ¹  turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, ²  and when I did so, ³  I saw seven golden lampstands,

After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!”

I ¹  tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak.

For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel.