Subject: 1Corinthians questions: Gifts and women |
Bible Note: Hi Johnny Ray, We live pretty close to each other. Can I look at 1Thess 5:21 with you? I don't know which version you quoted but I'd like to look at four or five other biblical scholars and we can do what the verse says to us and "Test all things." KJV "Quench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." RSV "Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesying, but test everything; hold fast what is good..." NASB "Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;..." Your version's "Test all things" reminds me of "test the spirits" and that is what I would have you do right now. Look at two more scholars and see if they don't come closer to the meaning. Phillips: "Never dampen the fire of the Spirit, and never despise what is spoken in the name of the Lord. By all means use your judgment, and hold on to whatever is really good." NEB "Do not stifle inspiration, and do not despise prophetic utterances, but bring them all to the test and then keep what is good in them and avoid the bad of whatever kind." No one can quench the Spirit. But the fire or the inspiration of the Spirit can be quenched. So I would interpret it as "Do not quench the spirit." What do you think? Later, Ray |