1 Corinthians 14:7

James Moffatt - New Testament

Inanimate instruments, such as the flute or the harp, may give a sound, but if no intervals occur in their music, how can one make out the air that is being played either on flute or on harp?

Cross References

1 Corinthians 14:8

If the trumpet sounds indistinct, who will get ready for the fray?

1 Corinthians 13:1

Thus, I may speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but if I have no love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal;

Luke 7:32

Like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, 'We piped to you and you would not dance, we lamented and you would not weep.'

Matthew 11:17

'We piped to you and you would not dance, we lamented and you would not beat your breasts.'

1 Corinthians 14:6

Suppose now I were to come to you speaking with 'tongues,' my brothers; what good could I do you, unless I had some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching to lay before you?