1 Thessalonians 5:20

Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

Despise not prophesyinge.

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  • 1 Cor 14:1 : 1 Labour for love and covet spretuall giftes: and most chefly forto prophesye.
  • 1 Cor 14:3-6 : 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh vnto men to edifyinge to exhortacion and to comforte. 4 He that speaketh with tonges proffiteth him silfe: he that prophesyeth edifieth the congregacion. 5 I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophisieth? then he yt speaketh with tonges except he expounde it also that the congregacion maye have edifyinge. 6 Now brehren if I come vnto you speakige wt tonges: what shall I profit you excepte I speake vnto you other by revelacio or knowledge or prophesyinge or doctrine.
  • 1 Cor 14:22-25 : 22 Wherfore tonges are for a signe not to them that beleve: but to them that beleve not. Contrary wyse prophesyinge serveth not for them that beleve not: but for them which beleve. 23 Yf therfore when all the cogregacion is come to gedder and all speake with tonges ther come in they yt are vnlearned or they which beleve not: will they not saye that ye are out of youre wittes? 24 But and yf all prophesy and ther come in one that beleveth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all men and is iudged of every man: 25 and so are ye secretes of his hert opened and so falleth he doune on his face and worshippeth God and sayth yt God is wt you in dede.
  • 1 Cor 14:29-32 : 29 Let the Prophetes speake two at once or thre at once and let other iudge. 30 Yf eny revelacio be made to another that sitteth by let the fyrst holde his peace. 31 For ye maye all prophesy one by one that all maye learne and all maye have comforte. 32 For ye spretes of the Prophetes are in the power of the Prophetes.
  • 1 Cor 14:37-39 : 37 Yf eny ma thinke him sylfe a prophet ether spirituall: let him vnderstonde what thinges I write vnto you. For they are the comaundementes of the Lorde. 38 But and yf eny man be ignorat let him be ignorant. 39 Wherfore brethren covet to prophesye and forbyd not to speake with tonges.
  • 1 Cor 11:4 : 4 Eevery ma prayinge or prophesyinge havynge eny thynge on his heed shameth his heed.
  • 1 Cor 12:10 : 10 To another power to do myracles. To another prophesie? To another iudgement of spretes. To another divers tonges. To another the interpretacion of toges.
  • 1 Cor 12:28 : 28 And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacion fyrst the Apostels secodarely prophetes thyrdly teachers then the that do miracles: after that the gyftes of healynge helpers governers diversite of tonges.
  • 1 Cor 13:2 : 2 And though I coulde prophesy and vnderstode all secretes and all knowledge: yee yf I had all fayth so that I coulde move moutayns oute of ther places and yet had no love I were nothynge.
  • 1 Cor 13:9 : 9 For oure knowledge is vnparfect and oure prophesyinge is vnperfet.
  • Num 11:25-29 : 25 And the Lorde came doune in a cloude and spake vnto him ad toke of the sprete that was apon him ad put it apon the.lxx. elders. And as the spirite rested apon them they prophecied and did nought els. 26 But there remayned.ij. of ye me in the hoste: the one called Eldad ad the other Medad. And the spirite rested apon them for they were of them that were written but they wet not out vnto the tabernacle: and they prophecied in the hoste. 27 And there ran a younge man and tolde Moses and sayed: Eldad ad Medad do prophecye in the hoste. 28 And Iosua the sonne of Nu the seruaunte of Moses which he had chosen out answered and sayed: master Moses forbyd them. 29 And Moses sayed vnto him: enuyest thou for my sake? wolde God that all the Lordes people coude prophecye and that the Lorde wolde put his spirite apon them.
  • Acts 19:6 : 6 And Paul layde his hondes apon them and the holy gost came on them and they spake with tonges and prophesied
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 11 And the very same made some Apostles some prophetes some Evangelistes some Sheperdes some Teachers: 12 yt the sainctes might have all thinges necessarie to worke and minister with all to the edifyinge of the body of christ
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 He therfore that despiseth despiseth not man but God which hath sent his holy sprete amonge you.
  • Rev 11:3-9 : 3 And I will geve power vnto my two wytnesses and they shall prophesy.M.iic. and.lx. dayes clothed in sacke cloth. 4 These are two olyve trees and two cadlestyckes stodinge before ye god of ye erth 5 And if eny man will hurt them fyre shall procede out of their mouthes and consume their ennemyes. And yf eny ma will hurt the this wyse muste he be kylled. 6 These have power to shut heven that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesyinge: and have power over waters to turne them to bloud and to smyte the erth wt almaner plages as often as they will. 7 And when they have fynysshed their testimony the beste that cam oute of the bottomlesse pytt shall make warre agaynst them and shall overcome them and kyll them. 8 And their boddyes shall lye in the stretes of the greate cite which spritually is called zodom and Egypte where oure LORde was crucified. 9 And they of the people and kynredes and tonges and they of the nacions shall se their bodyes.iii. dayes and an halfe and shall not suffre their boddyes to be put in graves. 10 And they that dwell apon the erth shall reioyce over them and be glad and shall send gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them yt dwelt on the erth. 11 And after.iii. dayes and an halffe the sprete of lyfe from god entred into the. And they stode vp apo their fete: and greate feare came apon the which sawe them.

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  • 19Quenche not the sprete.

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    21Examen all thinges and kepe that which is good.

    22Abstayne from all suspicious thinges.

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    39Wherfore brethren covet to prophesye and forbyd not to speake with tonges.

    40And let all thinges be done honestly and in order.

  • 20So that ye fyrst knowe this. that no prophesye in the scripture hath eny private interpretacio.

  • 40Beware therfore lest that fall on you which is spoken of in the Prophetes:

  • 8He therfore that despiseth despiseth not man but God which hath sent his holy sprete amonge you.

  • 1Labour for love and covet spretuall giftes: and most chefly forto prophesye.

  • 5I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophisieth? then he yt speaketh with tonges except he expounde it also that the congregacion maye have edifyinge.

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    29Let the Prophetes speake two at once or thre at once and let other iudge.

    30Yf eny revelacio be made to another that sitteth by let the fyrst holde his peace.

    31For ye maye all prophesy one by one that all maye learne and all maye have comforte.

    32For ye spretes of the Prophetes are in the power of the Prophetes.

  • Eph 5:10-11
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    10Accept that which is pleasinge to the Lorde:

    11and have no fellishippe with the vnfrutfull workes of dercknes: but rather rebuke them.

  • 14Despyse not the gyfte that is in ye which was geven the thorow prophesye and with layinge on of ye hondes of an elder.

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    19Agaynst an elder receave none accusacion: but vnder two or thre witnesses.

    20Them that synne rebuke openly that other maye feare.

  • 15These thinges speake and exhorte and rebuke with all commaundynge Se that no man despise the.

  • 26Let vs not be vayne glorious provokinge one another and envyinge one another.

  • 22When a prophete speaketh in the name of the Lorde, yf the thynge folow not nor come to passe, that is the thinge which the Lorde hath not spoken. But the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously: be not aferde therfore of him.

  • 24But and yf all prophesy and ther come in one that beleveth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all men and is iudged of every man:

  • 1Ye beloved beleve not every sprete: but prove the spretes whether they are of God or no: for many falce Prophetes are gone out into the worlde.

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    9Grodge not one agaynst another brethre lest ye be dapned. Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore.

    10Take (my brethren) the prophettes for an ensample of sufferynge adversitie and of longe pacience which spake in the name of the LORde.

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  • 17Praye cotinually.

  • 22Wherfore tonges are for a signe not to them that beleve: but to them that beleve not. Contrary wyse prophesyinge serveth not for them that beleve not: but for them which beleve.

  • 1Rebuke not an elder: but exhorte him as a father and the yonger me as brethren

  • 16Cause not youre treasure to be evyll spoken of.

  • 7But cast awaye vngostly and olde wyves fables. Exercyse thy silfe vnto godlines.

  • 5And ye have forgotten the consolacion which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren: My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of the Lorde nether faynt when thou arte rebuked of him:

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    24and let vs consyder one another to provoke vnto love and to good workes:

    25and let vs not forsake the felishippe that we have amoge oure selves as the maner of some is: but let vs exhorte one another and that so moche the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye.

  • 7Be not therfore companions with them.

  • 17But ye beloved remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORde Iesus Christ

  • 6that we have dyvers gyftes accordynge to the grace that is geven vnto vs: yf eny man have ye gyft of prophesye let him have it that it be agreynge vnto the fayth.

  • 20O Timothe save that which is geve ye to kepe and avoyde vngostly vanities of voyces and opposicios of sciece falsly so called