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For indeed, if a trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle? So also you with the tongue— if you do not give a clear word, how will the thing being spoken be known? For you will be speaking into the air! 10 There are perhaps so-many kinds of spoken sounds[a] in the world, and none is meaningless.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 14:10 Or, voices, and thus, languages.

Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle?(A) So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. 10 Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.

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