1 Corinthians 14:38
But if any one be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
In Context
39Wherefore, my brethren, be emulous of prophesying: and to speak with tongues, prohibit not.
Cross References
Matthew 7:6Give not a holy thing to dogs: and cast not your pearls before swine; lest they tread them under their feet, and turn and lacerate you.
1 Timothy 6:3But if there be any one, who teacheth a different doctrine, and doth not accede to the salutary words of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, and to the doctrine of the fear of God,
Revelation 22:11He that doth evil, let him do evil still; and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him practise righteousness still; and he that is sanctified, let him be sanctified still.
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 →