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1 Corinthians 14:9

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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.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 14:7

    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?

  2. 1 Corinthians 14:8

    For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?

  3. 1 Corinthians 14:10

    There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.

  4. 1 Corinthians 14:11

    Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.

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