1 CORINTHIANS 14:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.”
The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets — prophetic utterance is not compulsive ecstasy but volitional speech. The Spirit's power operates through human agency, not despite it. Prophets retain rational control and can choose when to speak and when to refrain.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:32
“And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.” Do you see how he put him to shame earnestly and fearfully? For that the man might not strive nor be factious, he signifies that the gift itself was under subjection. For by “spirit” here, he means its actual working. But if the spirit be subject, much more thou its possessor cannot justly be contentious. Then he signifies that this is pleasing also to God, subjoining and saying,
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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