This is the one and only go-to verse, 1 Corinthians 13:1, for people who believe there is a kind of language in heaven that is not of this world. Here is the major flaw in this thinking.
Paul is using a Hyperbole.
Hyperbole is a figure of speech.
Just like if someone went to a concert and listened to their favorite singer said "that singer has the voice of an angel". That is a hyperbolic expression. The voice was not literally an angle from heaven voice. It is describing the positive effect from the human voice.
What is Paul saying then:
He said that it doesn't matter if he speaks to people with his own language or if the Spirit gives him the ability to speak in another language he has never spoke before; its all useless if there is no love.
An interpretation that he is talking about a language of Heaven that angels speak to each other is a poor understanding of literature comprehension and adding into scripture what is not being said. Because of this failed biblical hermeneutics; people are confused and deceived.
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