Corinth, there are not likely to be many foreigners present. Therefore, the messages in tongues need interpretation (1 Cor. 14:6–13). The fact that they can be interpreted shows also that the speaking in tongues is real language, not gibberish.32 In the 1906 Azusa Street revival, people were coming from all over the world. When my grandmother spoke in tongues a man from Denmark told her she was speaking Danish. When my mother spoke in tongues a black woman from one of the French-speaking islands
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