No, context shows what it is and this was discussed and I showed with scriptures on another thread!
You didn't prove anything. You gave your opinion.
I expounded the entire passage on the other thread going through every verse of the passage. I know what it teaches.
Besides that, it is not your belief here that matters. You are basing doctrine on a hypothetical. So what if you
think I would be blaspheming... Think it all you want. It is not my belief and the very idea that you can scare or bully me into thinking that I could be condemned for speaking against your beliefs is both laughable and ludicrous. Believe me. I have no worries. You need to be more concerned for yourself than for me. It is you I am concerned about.
Speaking to God is prayer! Giving thanks is prayer!
1 Corinthians 14:2 For he that speaketh in an
unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth
him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
--This is a rebuke. He was telling them not to do it. It is as if you don't understand the English language. You just don't seem to get it.
He that speaks to dogs, speaks not unto men but God can understand him. No other man understand him, but in the spirit he speaks mysteries, because all dog language is mystery.
Paul is not telling you to speak to God in dog language or in any other language. He is not telling you to pray. He is not telling you to speak to him in another language. He is not telling you to pray. He is not telling you to speak gibberish.
This verse teaches you to keep silent.
Paul never teaches one or condones private prayer in tongues.
Context of that chapter is love and maturity!
The overall context is spiritual gifts--chapters 12-14.
"I would not have you ignorant brethren concerning spiritual gifts." (1Cor.12:1)
The last verse before chapter 13:
1 Corinthians 12:31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Better than all the gifts put together is the gift of love. There are no chapter divisions in the original. He is still speaking about spiritual gifts. He continues on love until verse 7, and then changes topics:
1 Corinthians 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether
there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether
there be tongues, they shall cease; whether
there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
--Now he zooms in on revelatory gifts in particular. He has spoken about all the gifts in general in chapter 12, the gift of love in 13:1-7, and now he specifically speaks of revelatory gifts from 13:8 to the end of chapter 14. The subject is "revelation."
Why are you so hung up on tongues! Tongues has not been brought up in the last 10 post on this thread! I have stated what I believe and backed it up with scriptures! You deny that it is talking to God! YOu say that I ignore what I have already admitted..that it is a language that the speaker himself does not know!
I mentioned at least three of the gifts very specifically. Out of them you chose to bring up the subject of tongues. So, who is hung up on tongues?? You can answer that question for yourself. The thread is about the errors of the Charismatic movement. One of the greatest errors of the Charismatic movement is their fraud, lies and hypocrisy; their claims to do things which they cannot do--miracles, healings, speaking in foreign languages. That is what I mentioned. You can't do any one of these but claim all of them are operable. In any other court of law one would be indicted for fraud.