Let the prophets speak, two or three, and let the others discern.
Parallel translations
- KJV Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
- BSB Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
- NKJV Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge.
- NASB Have two or three prophets speak, and have the others pass judgment.
- NLT Let two or three people prophesy, and let the others evaluate what is said.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Cor 12:10and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.
- 1 Th 5:19–21Don’t quench the Spirit.
- 1 Jn 4:1–3Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- 1 Cor 14:39Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking with other languages.
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