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1 Corinthians 14:32
32All of you who speak messages from God have authority over your own spirits.
1 Corinthians 14:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
- New International Version (NIV)The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
Context of 1 Corinthians 14:32
30Someone who is sitting in your meeting may receive a special message from God. Then, the person who is already speaking should stop. 31In that way, each person can speak a message from God, one person at a time. Then everyone will learn something that helps them. All of you who speak messages from God have authority over your own spirits. 33When we meet together as God's people, he wants there to be peace among us. He does not want to bring trouble. This is what happens in all the churches where God's people meet together. 34The women should be quiet during the meetings. They should not speak. They should remember that they are under authority. That is also what God's Law teaches.
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 14:32
- 1 Corinthians 14:29When you meet together, two or three people should speak a message from God. Then the other people there should think carefully about each message.
- 1 Samuel 10:10When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met them. God's Spirit came on Saul with power. He started to prophesy as the prophets were doing.
- 1 Samuel 19:19Somebody told Saul that David was living at Naioth in Ramah.
- 2 Kings 2:3A group of prophets lived in Bethel. They came out to Elisha and they asked him, ‘Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?’ Elisha replied, ‘Yes, I do know that, but do not talk about it now.’
- Job 32:8But it is a person's spirit that helps them to understand things. Almighty God has to put his breath into them.
- Jeremiah 20:9Sometimes I think, ‘I will say nothing about the Lord or his message.’ But then his message burns like a fire inside me. It gives me pain in my mind and my body. I cannot keep his message to myself. I have to speak it.
- Acts 4:19Then Peter and John replied to the leaders, ‘What do you think God wants us to do? Should we obey you? Or should we obey God? You decide!
- 1 John 4:1My friends, do not believe everyone who says that they speak God's message. There are many false prophets who are travelling around everywhere. They say that they have a message from God's Spirit, but the message comes from a false spirit. So check each message carefully to see if it is really from God.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 14:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32And the spirits of the prophets, etc. - Let no one interrupt another; and let all be ready to prefer others before themselves; and let each feel a spirit of subjection to his brethren. God grants no ungovernable gifts.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32And the spirits of the prophets - See in 1 Corinthians 14:1 for the meaning of the word prophets. The evident meaning of this is, that they were able to control their inclination to speak; they were not under a necessity of speaking, even though they might be inspired. There was no need of disorder. This verse gives confirmation to the supposition, that the extraordinary endowments of the Holy Spirit were subjected to substantially the same laws as a…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-33Verses 26-33 Religious exercises in public assemblies should have this view; Let all be done to edifying. As to the speaking in an unknown tongue, if another were present who could interpret, two miraculous gifts might be exercised at once, and thereby the church be edified, and the faith of the hearers confirmed at the same time. As to prophesying, two or three only should speak at one meeting, and this one after the other, not all at once. The man who…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-32Public prophecy should be shared in an orderly manner, guided by the Spirit, so everyone benefits. Others should evaluate what is said to determine if it is truly a message from God (1 Thessalonians 5:19–21). Those with a prophecy should take turns. Although prophecy is a divinely given message, the speaker still controls it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. And--following up the assertion in 1Co 14:31, "Ye can (if ye will) prophesy one by one," that is, restrain yourselves from speaking all together; "and the spirits of the prophets," that is, their own spirits, acted on by the Holy Spirit, are not so hurried away by His influence, as to cease to be under their own control; they can if they will hear others, and not demand that they alone should be heard uttering communications from God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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