1 Thessalonians 5:20

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Summary

Despise not prophesyings.

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Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

And the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again.

Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the spirit of God came upon Saul's messengers, and they also prophesied.

and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head.

to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.