A common misinterpretation dismisses tongues entirely as irrelevant or demonic today, ignoring Paul's assumption of their validity when interpreted; others claim uninterpreted tongues privately edify without needing church benefit, contradicting the passage's focus on communal profit; some reduce all gifts to mere intellectual doctrine, overlooking the supernatural aspects like revelation and prophecy that Paul equates with tongues when properly used.
I Corinthians 14:6
King James Version (1769)
6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
Paul underscores the necessity of intelligible communication in the church, stating that speaking in tongues profits nothing without accompanying revelation, knowledge, prophecy, or doctrine, as these elements edify and instruct believers, aligning with the chapter's emphasis on building up the body of Christ through understandable spiritual gifts rather than uninterpreted utterances that remain mysterious to listeners.