1 Corinthians 14:7-11
1 Corinthians 14:7
Yet even lifeless instruments, whether 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?
1 Corinthians 14:8
For if the trumpet produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle?
1 Corinthians 14:9
So you too, unless you produce intelligible speech by the tongue, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will just be talking to the air.
1 Corinthians 14:10
There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and none is incapable of meaning.
1 Corinthians 14:11
So if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be unintelligible to the one who speaks, and the one who speaks will be unintelligible to me.