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NASB | 1 Thessalonians 5:20 do not despise prophetic utterances. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Thessalonians 5:20 Do not scorn or reject gifts of prophecy or prophecies [spoken revelations--words of instruction or exhortation or warning]. |
Bible Question:
I just noticed that there are no notes on this verse: 1 Thessalonians 5 20 do not despise prophetic utterances. (NASB) 20 prophesyings despise not; (YLT) I have heard some say that it is bad to offer a "word of knowledge" or "prophetic word" to others concerning their life. As an example, someone may come to you and say "The Lord told me to tell you..." so and so. Is this wrong for them to do? If we refuse to listen, are we disobeying this scripture? Any Comments? Pastor Glenn |
Bible Answer: "As an example, someone may come to you and say, THE LORD TOLD ME to tell you..." so and so." (Emphasis added.) Deut. 18:20-22 (ESV) But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' [21] And if you say in your heart, 'How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?'— [22] when a prophet SPEAKS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him. (Emphasis added.) |