1 Corinthians 14:37
If any one thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandments.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
36Did the word of God come forth from you? Or came it unto you alone?
38But if any one is 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 who sent me.
1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord; but I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
1 Corinthians 8:2If any one thinks that he knows anything, he has known nothing yet as he ought to know.
2 Corinthians 10:7Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trusts to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself consider this again, that, as he is Christ's, so also are we.
2 Corinthians 11:4For if indeed he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we preached not, or if ye receive a different spirit, which ye received not, or a different gospel, which ye accepted not, ye might well bear with it.
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 →