1 CORINTHIANS 14:33 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.”
For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord's people — this is the deep principle: God's character is order and peace (eirêné), not chaos (akatastaía). The Corinthian glossolalia-chaos violates divine nature itself. Paul appeals to consistent practice across all churches, not Corinthian novelty.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:33
“For God is not a God of confusion, but of peace, as [I teach] in all the Churches of the saints.” Do you see by how many reasons he leads him to silence and soothes him, in the act of giving way to the other? By one thing and that the chief, that he was not shut up by such a proceeding; “for you all can prophesy,” says he, “one by one.” By a second, that this seems good to the Spirit Himself; “for the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.” Besides these, that…
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