1 Corinthians 14:37
If any one has the reputation of being a prophet, or spiritual man, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
36Has the word of God come forth from you? or did it come to you only?
38But if any one be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
Cross References
Luke 10:16He that hears you, hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me; and he that rejects me, rejects him that sent me.
1 Corinthians 7:25But with respect to virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment as one that is enabled, by the mercy of the Lord, to be faithful.
1 Corinthians 8:2If any one thinks that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet, as he ought to know it:
2 Corinthians 10:7Do you look on things according to the outward appearance? If any one trusts in himself, that he is Christ’s, let him again reason thus of himself: that as he is Christ’s, so also are we.
2 Corinthians 11:4For if he that comes should preach another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or, if you receive another Spirit, which you did not receive, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you would well bear with him.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 14:37-40
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? 37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done decently and in order. In these verses the apostle closes his argument, 1. With a just rebuke of the… Read the whole commentary →