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1 Corinthians 14:37 — King James Version← Study notes

If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.


1 Corinthians 14:37Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 14:3714 words
GreekMeaning
ΕἴEi
IfwordG1487
τιςtis
anyonepronounG5100
δοκεῖdokei
considersverbG1380
προφήτηςprophētēs
a prophetnounG4396
εἶναιeinai
am, have been, is IverbG1510
ē
orwordG2228
πνευματικόςpneumatikos
spiritualadjectiveG4152
ἐπιγινωσκέτωepiginōsketō
he should recognizeverbG1921
ha
the thingsrelative pronounG3739
γράφωgraphō
I writeverbG1125
ὑμῖνhymin
to youpronounG4771
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
κυρίουkyriou
LordnounG2962
ἐστίνestin
am, have been, is IverbG1510
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 14:37

“What? Was it from you that the word of God went forth? Or came it unto you alone?” Thus he brings in the other Churches also as holding this law, both abating the disturbance by consideration of the novelty of the thing, and by the general voice making his saying acceptable. Wherefore also elsewhere he said, “Who shall put you in remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in all the Churches.” 1 Corinthians 4:17 And again, “God is not a God of…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 37 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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