1 CORINTHIANS 14:29 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.”
Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said — prophecy is also limited (2-3) and subject to discernment (diakrinó: to distinguish, judge). Not all prophetic utterance is automatically from the Spirit; the community must test it. Prophecy carries authority but not immunity from scrutiny.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:29
“Let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern.” No where has he added, “at the most,” as in the case of the tongues. And how is this, one says? For he makes out that neither is prophesy sufficient in itself, if at least he permits the judgment to others. Nay, surely it is quite sufficient; and this is why he did not stop the mouth of the prophet, as of the other, when there is no interpreter; nor, as in his case he said, “if there be no interpreter let…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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