[Bear_Slayer]

I firmly believe that Paul was being sarcastic.

It amazes me that so many can take Paul's letter, an essay on not speaking in tongues and twist it to speak in tongues.

[RoadTest]

"It amazes me that so many can take Paul's letter, an essay on not speaking in tongues and twist it to speak in tongues."

I Corinthians 14:39: "Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues."

And this is not just for private prayer but to be spoken out in a congregation where unbelievers might come in: "In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips
will I speak unto this people;
and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. (Is. 28.11, 12)
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not - - "