1 Corinthians 14:29 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁹Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

1 Corinthians 14:29 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 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:
1 Thessalonians 5:19-21
Quench not the Spirit. …
1 John 4:1-3
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. …
1 Corinthians 14:39
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 26-33)

In this passage the apostle reproves them for their disorder, and endeavours to correct and regulate their conduct for the future. I. He blames them for the confusion they introduced into the assembly, by ostentation of their gifts (1 Cor. 14:26): When you come together every one hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, etc.; that is, “You are apt to confound the several parts of worship; and…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 29)

29. two or three--at one meeting (he does not add “at the most,” as in 1Co 14:27, lest he should seem to “quench prophesyings,” the most edifying of gifts), and these “one by one,” in turn (1Co 14:27, “by course,” and 1Co 14:31). Paul gives here similar rules to the prophets, as previously to those speaking in unknown tongues. judge--by their power of “discerning spirits” (1Co 12:10), whether the…