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 \v 6 If I come to you and am only speaking in languages given by the Spirit, how can that help you? That cannot help you unless I speak to you and help you know matters that were hidden from you, or unless I help you understand facts you did not know, or unless I proclaim to you some message you did not hear before, or unless I teach you some rule that you had never learned before.
 
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-\v 7 If I played the flute or harp—and they are not living beings, unlike people, and if the flute sounded no different from the harp, no one would be able to tell which instrument I was playing.
+\v 7 If I played the flute or harp (they are not living things) and if the flute sounded no different from the harp, no one would be able to tell which instrument I was playing.
 \v 8 And if a soldier blew the trumpet poorly, the army would not know whether to get ready for battle.
 \v 9 This is what it is like when you say words that no one can understand: no one will know what you have said.