Diversities of tongues is the subject by Apostle Paul when he spoke of tongues in 1 Corinthians 12 thru 14. Notice the bold red phrases below...
1 Cor 12:7-11
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
KJV
1 Cor 12:28-30
28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
KJV
Paul is NOT speaking of some gibberish tongue idea there at all. He is speaking of the various known languages of the world.
When he is speaking about interpretation of tongues, he is speaking of those who can interpret different languages. This was especially manifested in the Christian west after Christian institutions of learning were established which served as teaching tools for those gifted by The Holy Spirit with a talent for learning languages. It was said that the British actor Peter Ustinov was fluent in twelve languages. Some have this gift, just as some have a gift for teaching or knowledge (being scholars, as the first universities in the Christian west were established by the Christian Church.)
This means in 1 Corinthians, Paul was not speaking of the cloven tongue of Pentecost, nor some gibberish tongue that no one can understand. He was talking about different languages of the world...
1 Cor 13:8
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.
KJV
In that above verse, Paul is speaking of how love (charity) will never fail or end, but all those other things of this present world will have an end. The idea of tongues there once again is about known languages of the world. We can be certain he is not speaking of the cloven tongue of Pentecost, because per Zechariah in the OT, God with His future Kingdom is going to return to man the one tongue spoke by all nations prior to the tower of Babel event.
1 Cor 14:18
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
KJV
When Paul said that, he was not talking of any idea of his speaking an unknown tongue more often than anyone else. He was referring to known languages of the world. Paul spoke several languages, and that's the tongues he was referring to. So he was not... teaching about some unknown tongue there in 1 Corinthians.
Also... you can strike out that word "unknown" there in the KJV Bible, for it is not in the Greek NT manuscripts the KJV translators used. They ADDED that word "unknown" in the phrase "unknown tongue".
1 Cor 12:7-11
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
KJV
1 Cor 12:28-30
28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
KJV
Paul is NOT speaking of some gibberish tongue idea there at all. He is speaking of the various known languages of the world.
When he is speaking about interpretation of tongues, he is speaking of those who can interpret different languages. This was especially manifested in the Christian west after Christian institutions of learning were established which served as teaching tools for those gifted by The Holy Spirit with a talent for learning languages. It was said that the British actor Peter Ustinov was fluent in twelve languages. Some have this gift, just as some have a gift for teaching or knowledge (being scholars, as the first universities in the Christian west were established by the Christian Church.)
This means in 1 Corinthians, Paul was not speaking of the cloven tongue of Pentecost, nor some gibberish tongue that no one can understand. He was talking about different languages of the world...
1 Cor 13:8
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.
KJV
In that above verse, Paul is speaking of how love (charity) will never fail or end, but all those other things of this present world will have an end. The idea of tongues there once again is about known languages of the world. We can be certain he is not speaking of the cloven tongue of Pentecost, because per Zechariah in the OT, God with His future Kingdom is going to return to man the one tongue spoke by all nations prior to the tower of Babel event.
1 Cor 14:18
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
KJV
When Paul said that, he was not talking of any idea of his speaking an unknown tongue more often than anyone else. He was referring to known languages of the world. Paul spoke several languages, and that's the tongues he was referring to. So he was not... teaching about some unknown tongue there in 1 Corinthians.
Also... you can strike out that word "unknown" there in the KJV Bible, for it is not in the Greek NT manuscripts the KJV translators used. They ADDED that word "unknown" in the phrase "unknown tongue".