1 Corinthians 14:29 KJV — MannaFest

1 Corinthians 14:29

Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

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ASV

And let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern.

WEB

Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

YLT

And prophets--let two or three speak, and let the others discern,

DBT

And let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge.

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1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
1 Corinthians 12:10
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
1 Thessalonians 5:19–21
Quench not the Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 5:20
Despise not prophesyings.

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He forbids women speaking in the church; and closes this subject by requiring them to perform every thing in the public worship with order and decency,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Paul gives here similar rules to the prophets, as previously to those speaking in unknown tongues. judge--by their power of "discerning spirits" (1Co 12:10), whether the person prophesying was really speaking under the influence of the Spirit (compare 1Co 12:3;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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