Speaking In Tongues

1.The first occurence of speaking in unknown tongues in the Bible involved God's judgment at
  the tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1-9).
 2.The next reference to tongues was in Isaiah's warning to Israel of a coming judgment by a
  nation that would speak to them in another language (Is. 28:11,12; 1 Cor. 14:21).
 3.At Pentecost, tongues were a sign confirming Peter's words indicting Israel for their rejection
  and crucifixion of the Messiah (Acts 2:12-36).
 4.On the Day of Pentecost, tongues were also a sign to the disciples of the coming of the Spirit
  (Acts 2:2-4,16-18).
 5.At Pentecost, the Spirit enabled the disciples to speak in real dialects previously unknown to
  the speakers (Acts 2:5-11).
 6.Tongues were a sign to unbelievers, not believers (1 Cor. 14:22).
 7.Speaking in tongues and interpretation of tongues were supernatural gifts of the Spirit (1 Cor.
  12:10,28).
 8.God bestowed the gift of tongues and interpretation of tongues on some but not all believers
  (1 Cor. 12:30).
 9.Tongues-speaking was of lesser importance than prophecy and of far less importance than
  love (1 Cor. 12:31; 13).
 10.Paul said that the gift of tongues "will cease" (1 Cor. 13:8).
 11.The gift of prophecy was better than tongues because it edified the church (1 Cor. 14:1-4).
 12.At best, uninterpreted tongues could only edifiy the speaker (1 Cor. 14:4).
 13.Unregulated speaking in tongues sometimes led to confusion (1 Cor. 14:7-12).
 14.In Corinth, public speaking in uninterpreted tongues had no value (1 Cor. 14:13-19).
 15.Preoccupation with tongues was a sign of immaturity (1 Cor. 14:20).
 16.Unregulated tongues could be a hindrance in the salvation of others (1 Cor. 14:23).
 17.Since tongues could be counterfeited, public tongues-speaking had to be strictly regulated (1
  Cor. 14:26-40).
 18.Public tongues-speaking was to benefit and build up the body (1 Cor. 14:26).
 19.Only two or three were to speak in tongues in a service, and they were to speak in turn (1
  Cor. 14:27, 30).
 20.Tongues were not to be used in church without supernatural interpretation (1 Cor. 14:28).
 21.Women were not to speak in tongues in the church (1 Cor. 14:34).
 22.A proper and orderly atmosphere in church services was to be maintained (1 Cor. 14:40).
 23.Acts and 1 Corinthians are the only New Testament books that refer to tongues-speaking.
 24.Tongues-speaking was not the universal evidence of the baptism of the Spirit, because while
  every true believer is baptized by the Spirit, not all believers spoke in tongues (1 Cor.
  12:13,30).