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Originally Posted by KWSS1976
Per your Quote Renee "That word “edifieth” means to build up. And we are talking about spiritual things here, it builds a person up in the Spirit". We all need that. Jude says the same.
Scripture clearly states that your Spirit is not built up cause in verse 2 it states howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries
Now how is your Spirit going to be built up if speaking mysteries to it.
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Re-read what you wrote and proof-read. "in the spirit he speaketh mysteries" and "speaking mysteries to it [your spirit]" are two different phrases with totally different meanings.
The Bible says the man speaks mysteries "in the spirit" not "to his spirit". You're not speaking to yourself when you speak in tongues:
"For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh
not unto men,
but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries."
1 Cor 14:2
Therefore your question is moot.
How do tongues edify or build us up? It is prayer and communication to God, why wouldn't it edify or build us up?