1 Corinthians 14:37
If any man thinks he is a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I write to you is a commandment of the Lord.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
36What? did the word of God come forth from you? or has it come only to you?
38But if any man does not recognize this, he is not recognized.
Cross References
Luke 10:16He who hears you hears me; and he who despises you despises me; and he who despises me despises him who sent me.
1 Corinthians 7:25Now concerning virgins I have no commandment from the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
1 Corinthians 8:2And if any man thinks that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.
2 Corinthians 10:7Do you look on things according to their outward appearance? If any man trusts that he is Christ's, let him remind himself, that, as he is Christ's, so are we.
2 Corinthians 11:4For if one comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you bear with him well enough.
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 →