Biblical clarity on spiritual gifts reveals that prophecy and tongues are meant to edify the church, not create division. Prophecy involves speaking words that build up, exhort, and comfort others, while tongues is communication beyond our ability to express—enabling deeper communion with God. Both gifts operate differently: prophecy edifies the church publicly, tongues with interpretation edifies publicly, and tongues alone edifies the believer privately. These gifts should be exercised in an orderly manner, with love as the foundation and edification as the goal. The Holy Spirit distributes these gifts to build up the body of Christ, not for personal validation or attention.