There is no Scripture that says every saved person speaks in tongues as evidence of their salvation. God doesn't need any evidence and the evidence for people is the fruit of the Spirit.
Galatians 5:22-23 "22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."
Notice the fruit are character qualities not works. There will be works after Christ changes us into a new creation, but the works are the effect of being changed into a new person with an entirely opposite attitude about everything.
2 Corinthians 5:16-18 "…16 Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. 17 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,…"
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