This is off the main point of the chapter, but in the first verse, it makes the claim that no matter how lofty the words of men or angels without love, they are worthless. This verse has been used by those who claim to speak in tongues, suggesting that if the “tongues” spoken, whether in prayer or worship, are not a known language, they are speaking in a heavenly or angelic tongue. The problem is that it isn’t the point of this verse. This verse isn’t proof that angelic tongues were or are a part of Christian worship. It is saying if we could speak with an angelic tongue, which most assuredly would be greater than our language, it gains us nothing if we don’t have love.
Saying that this verse proves men speak in angelic languages is on the level of someone saying God is a chicken because the psalmist says that God covers us with his feathers.
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