1 Corinthians 14:7-11
7And 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? 8For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare to the battle? 9So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue, words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? For ye shall speak into the air. 10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.11Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks shall be a barbarian unto me.
I agree with these verses. All that we can hear are sounds but do we ever wonder why a sound differs from another sound? The sounds may vary because of their different properties. These properties are pitch, loudness and timbre. Two sounds may have the same loudness but if they have different pitch or timbre, they are not the same. That is why the distinction of sound is very important. Without these distinctions, we can’t know what or who produced the sound we have heard. Just like the example from the verses, if sounds don’t have distinctions, how can we know if it is the trumpet that denotes war? How can we know if it is a fire alarm, or an ambulance coming or just the ticking of the clock?
On verse nine, you can see that air was the only one mentioned where we can communicate. Scientifically, it’s not only in air where sound can be transmitted or passed. Solids and liquids may also be the medium where sounds can pass. Actually, the denser the material is, the better the transmission of sound. But it made me think, why do people always communicate through air? It is rare to see two girls chatting using a wood as their medium to communicate, Isn’t it funny if you will see man talking with his mouth very close to the wall because the one he is talking to is on the other side of the wall? Honestly, if I’ll see one, I will laugh.
I strongly agree that all sounds are significant because God created all things with significance. When we talk, every word we utter has a meaning. The dog’s bark, the chirping of birds, the thunder, the sound of the waves on the sea, all these have their own meaning and significance.
Sounds are very essential for us, humans, to communicate with other people. We talk and we understand each other. Sounds are very important not only to us, but also on the communication of animals. Not all animals do talk, but they do communicate with the sounds that they produce. Observe your surroundings. You can hear a dog barking, and after a few barks, other dogs near it will also bark. This just proves that there is something in the sounds that they produce where they can communicate or “talk” to other animals. May be we can’t understand those sounds, but we still know that it do have a meaning. But if we don’t know that sounds exist, can we still use it as a medium of communication? Good thing we learned about sound and more about it because of the scientists that discovered it. We should value sounds like how we value other things. Sounds are also God’s gift to us, without it, I think our life will be incomplete.
*This one's a reaction paper about the verse. We had this in physics class. I was under Sir Bondoy, he was also our class adviser. Our topic then was sound waves.
7And 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? 8For if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who shall prepare to the battle? 9So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue, words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? For ye shall speak into the air. 10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.11Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks shall be a barbarian unto me.
I agree with these verses. All that we can hear are sounds but do we ever wonder why a sound differs from another sound? The sounds may vary because of their different properties. These properties are pitch, loudness and timbre. Two sounds may have the same loudness but if they have different pitch or timbre, they are not the same. That is why the distinction of sound is very important. Without these distinctions, we can’t know what or who produced the sound we have heard. Just like the example from the verses, if sounds don’t have distinctions, how can we know if it is the trumpet that denotes war? How can we know if it is a fire alarm, or an ambulance coming or just the ticking of the clock?
On verse nine, you can see that air was the only one mentioned where we can communicate. Scientifically, it’s not only in air where sound can be transmitted or passed. Solids and liquids may also be the medium where sounds can pass. Actually, the denser the material is, the better the transmission of sound. But it made me think, why do people always communicate through air? It is rare to see two girls chatting using a wood as their medium to communicate, Isn’t it funny if you will see man talking with his mouth very close to the wall because the one he is talking to is on the other side of the wall? Honestly, if I’ll see one, I will laugh.
I strongly agree that all sounds are significant because God created all things with significance. When we talk, every word we utter has a meaning. The dog’s bark, the chirping of birds, the thunder, the sound of the waves on the sea, all these have their own meaning and significance.
Sounds are very essential for us, humans, to communicate with other people. We talk and we understand each other. Sounds are very important not only to us, but also on the communication of animals. Not all animals do talk, but they do communicate with the sounds that they produce. Observe your surroundings. You can hear a dog barking, and after a few barks, other dogs near it will also bark. This just proves that there is something in the sounds that they produce where they can communicate or “talk” to other animals. May be we can’t understand those sounds, but we still know that it do have a meaning. But if we don’t know that sounds exist, can we still use it as a medium of communication? Good thing we learned about sound and more about it because of the scientists that discovered it. We should value sounds like how we value other things. Sounds are also God’s gift to us, without it, I think our life will be incomplete.
*This one's a reaction paper about the verse. We had this in physics class. I was under Sir Bondoy, he was also our class adviser. Our topic then was sound waves.
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