1 CORINTHIANS 14:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.”
They will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, 'God is really among you!' — prophecy's fruit is worship and confession of God's presence. The unbeliever's spontaneous response validates the gift. This is not psychological manipulation but Spirit-wrought conviction and persuasion.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:25
“And thus the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so he will fall down on his face and worship God, declaring that God is among you indeed.” Great in this place is the difficulty which one seems to find arising from what is said. For if tongues are for a sign to them that believe not, how says he, if they that believe not should see you speaking with tongues, they will say that “you are mad?” And if prophecy be “not for the unbelieving, but for them that believe,”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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