1 Corinthians 14:29
Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
KJV
προφῆται δὲ δύο ἢ τρεῖς λαλείτωσαν, καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι διακρινέτωσαν·
Greek NT
Prophetæ autem duo, aut tres dicant, et ceteri dijudicent.
Vulgate
And let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern.
ASV
And let the prophets speak, two or three: and let the rest judge.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διακρίνω
diakrino
verb · 19×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
τρεῖς
treis
adjective · 67×
ἄλλος
allos
adjective · 154×
ἤ
e
particle · 346×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. And God has set some in the Church: first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, various kinds of tongues. Thus what I spoke of before, this also he now does. Because they thought highly of themselves in respect of the tongues he sets it last every where. For the terms, first and secondly, are not used by him…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 12:10 — To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
- 1John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
- 1John 4:1 — Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
- 1Thess 5:11 — Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
- 1Thess 5:19 — Quench not the Spirit.
- 1Thess 5:20 — Despise not prophesyings.
- Rom 12:6 — Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;