1 Corinthians 12:3
For this reason, I make known to you, that no one, speaking by the Spirit of God, calls Jesus accursed: and no one can say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to those dumb idols, as you might be led.
4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit;
Cross References
Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Mark 9:39But Jesus said: Forbid him not; for there is no one that will do a mighty deed in my name, and be able readily to speak evil of me.
John 15:26But when the Paraclete has come, whom I will send to you from my Father, the Spirit of the truth, which proceeds from the Father, he will testify of me;
Romans 10:9that if you will confess with your mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and will believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:2-12
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are… Read the whole commentary →