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1 Corinthians 14:7-10

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

7. And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8. For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 9. So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. 10. There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them [is] without signification.

1 Corinthians 14:7-10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 14:7

Theological / Devotional

Pipe. Gr. aulos, in the LXX the equivalent of the Heb. chalil, for a description of which see Vol. III, pp. 38, 39. The NT aulos was probably a simple flute.

Harp. Gr. kithara, a “lute” or “zither.”

Distinction. Even lifeless instruments, if they are to speak in the language of music, thereby influencing the emotions of their hearers, must make a distinction in the sounds produced by them. They must be controlled by the accepted laws of tone and rhythm, and the intervals of scale and measure; otherwise the sounds they give out do not produce the desired effect.

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