1 Corinthians 14:7
It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?
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- Num 10:2-9 : 2 “Make two trumpets of silver; you are to make them from a single hammered piece. You will use them for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps. 3 When they blow them both, all the community must come to you to the entrance of the tent of meeting. 4 “But if they blow with one trumpet, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, must come to you. 5 When you blow an alarm, then the camps that are located on the east side must begin to travel. 6 And when you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are located on the south side must begin to travel. An alarm must be sounded for their journeys. 7 But when you assemble the community, you must blow, but you must not sound an alarm. 8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, must blow the trumpets; and they will be to you for an eternal ordinance throughout your generations. 9 If you go to war in your land against an adversary who opposes you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God, and you will be saved from your enemies. 10 “Also in the time when you rejoice, such as on your appointed festivals or at the beginnings of your months, you must blow with your trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, so that they may become a memorial for you before your God: I am the LORD your God.”
- Matt 11:17 : 17 ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’
- Luke 7:32 : 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another,‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’
- 1 Cor 13:1 : 1 The Way of Love If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
- 1 Cor 14:8 : 8 If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?
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- 1 Cor 14:8-1710 verses84%
8 If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle?
9 It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.
10 There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.
11 If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.
12 It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.
13 So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
14 If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.
15 What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.
16 Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say“Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
17 For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.
- 1 Cor 14:1-66 verses80%
1 Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
2 For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.
3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation.
4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.
5 I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.
6 Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
- 1 Cor 14:21-244 verses74%
21 It is written in the law:“By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me,” says the Lord.
22 So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.
23 So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?
24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.
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1 The Way of Love If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
- 1 Cor 14:26-283 verses73%
26 Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.
27 If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.
28 But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.
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19 but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.
- 1 Cor 14:38-403 verses71%
38 If someone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
39 So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.
40 And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.
- 1 Cor 12:16-172 verses68%
16 And if the ear says,“Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.
17 If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?
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2 I also heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps,
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11 For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people.
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5 When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has erected.
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30 Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?
- Ps 150:3-42 verses67%
3 Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp!
4 Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!
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14 How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?
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12 They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the LORD is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.
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3 There is no actual speech or word, nor is its voice literally heard.
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10 to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
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10 You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.
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1 Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
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3 to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.
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13 And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.
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15 Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don’t pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?”
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8 The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases.
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19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,
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8 Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside.
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19 If they were all the same member, where would the body be?
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7 But when you assemble the community, you must blow, but you must not sound an alarm.