But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of (A)revelation or of (B)knowledge or of (C)prophecy or of (D)teaching? Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp? For if (E)the [a]bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 14:8 Lit trumpet