 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? 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?  The Congregational Magazine - Pągina 411832Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1839 - 382 pągines
...preaching, and of this great plainness of speech in delivering God's word or message, the apostle says, " For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" The figure of the text may seem to be used by the apostle incidentally, but it is one to which those... | |
 | Francis Edward Jackson Valpy - 1839 - 304 pągines
...with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you by revelation or by knowledge ? And even things without life, giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a dis* John iii. 8. t Ib. iii. 8. t Matt. vii. 9. § 1 Cor. xiii. 10. tinction in the sound, how shall... | |
 | Charles V. Turner - 2002 - 250 pągines
...language. Paul reminds us that we should be concerned about meaning. In 1 Corinthians 14:8-9 Paul wrote, "If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what... | |
 | John R. Rice - 2000 - 32 pągines
...prophesying, or by doctrine? [If I don't say something you can understand, he says, why talk?] And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe...sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?" A child may pound on a piano, but one should play a tune. Just so, when you go to talk, it ought to... | |
 | John W Chalfant - 2003 - 266 pągines
...policy that have led to her critically weakened military strength. CHAPTER EIGHT MILITARY VULNERABILITY For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 1 Corinthians 14:8 Parti Spiritual Blindness and America's Military Disarmament What tumultuous event... | |
 | Don Harris - 2003 - 505 pągines
...tongues was that it was as a "trumpet that gives an uncertain sound." Paul asks in 1 Corinthians 14:8, "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" He goes on to say that unless the message is clear it has to take a lesser place in the list of gifts.... | |
 | Merrill F. Unger - 2002 - 186 pągines
...manifest in the early church by the illustration of the sounding of the trumpet as the signal for battle. "For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? Just so you, unless with your tongue you give forth intelligent [eusemon, 'plain' or 'perspicuous']... | |
 | Peter Steinfels - 2004 - 454 pągines
...celibacy, will draw outstanding young men — so goes the theory, sometimes invoking Paul's admonition "If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?" (1 Corinthians 14:8). It is true that a completely amorphous priesthood is unlikely to attract many... | |
 | 2003 - 322 pągines
...is in the streets. Proverbs 26:13. See also IDLENESS; LEISURE; SLEEP AND SLEEPLESSNESS. LEADERSHIP 2 If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? / Corinthians 14:8. (This provided the title for Gen. Maxwell Taylor's The Uncertain Trumpet, 1960.)... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - 2004 - 638 pągines
...shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? 7. And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe...sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? 8. For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? 9. So likewise... | |
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