When Paul writes in 1 Corinthians, “If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal,” what rhetorical device is he using?

a) allegory
b) typology
c) acronym
d) gnostic


Answer: a

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