The Issue of Tongues

Issue of Tongues 

“Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.  
For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit.  
But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort.  
He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.  
I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may be edified. ....
So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.  
Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.  
If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.  
So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in gifts that build up the church. ....
If you are praising God with your spirit, how can one who finds himself among those who do not understand say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?  
You may be giving thanks well enough, but the other man is not edified. 
I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.  
But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. 
What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.  
If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret.  
If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God.” 
1 Corinthians 14:1-5,9-12, 16-19, 26-28.
Please read 1 Corinthians 14:1-28 carefully as it is controversial dealing with speaking in tongues.
Some say that the tongues Paul is speaking of here are earthly tongues. Others say heavenly tongues are involved.
I think from the phrase,
“For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit.  
But everyone who prophesies speaks to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort.  
He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.”  
                                                                                             1 Corinthians 14:2-4
can be interpreted that Paul is referring to heavenly tongues and that those tongues edify the person speaking not the congregation as a whole.
That being said Paul makes it very clear that we are to be careful how we use such tongues in a service.  
Paul says,
“If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret.  
If there is no interpreter, the speaker should keep quiet in the church and speak to himself and God.” 
   1 Corinthians 14:27,28.
To my mind that is what Paul is saying here. If there is speaking in tongues in during a service there must be an interpreter and there is to be no more that two or three.
If there is no interpreter then the person who wants to speak in tongues should remain silent.
Think about it.