Do not scoff at prophecies,

不要藐视先知的讲论。

不要藐视先知的讲论。

不要藐视先知的讲论。

不要轻视先知的信息。

不要藐视先知的话语。

不要轻视做先知传道，

不要藐視先知的講論。

不要藐視先知的講論。

不要藐視先知的講論。

不要輕視先知的信息。

不要藐視先知的話語。

別藐視神言之傳講了。

不要輕視做先知傳道，

毋藐預言、

設教者勿藐視之、

先知講道、勿藐視之、

毋輕慢預言、

Do not treat prophecies with contempt

Don’t treat prophecies as if they weren’t important.

Do not despise prophecies,

Don’t despise prophecies,

do not utterly reject prophecies,

Do not despise prophecies.

despise not prophesyings;

Don’t despise prophecies,

Despise not prophesyings.

Do not treat prophecies with contempt.

Don’t despise prophecies.

But one who prophesies strengthens others, encourages them, and comforts them.A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally, but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church.I wish you could all speak in tongues, but even more I wish you could all prophesy. For prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church will be strengthened.Dear brothers and sisters, if I should come to you speaking in an unknown language, how would that help you? But if I bring you a revelation or some special knowledge or prophecy or teaching, that will be helpful.

So you see that speaking in tongues is a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for the benefit of believers, not unbelievers.Even so, if unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your church meeting and hear everyone speaking in an unknown language, they will think you are crazy.But if all of you are prophesying, and unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your meeting, they will be convicted of sin and judged by what you say.As they listen, their secret thoughts will be exposed, and they will fall to their knees and worship God, declaring,“ God is truly here among you.”

And the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Then he gave the seventy elders the same Spirit that was upon Moses. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But this never happened again.Two men, Eldad and Medad, had stayed behind in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but they had not gone out to the Tabernacle. Yet the Spirit rested upon them as well, so they prophesied there in the camp.A young man ran and reported to Moses,“ Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant since his youth, protested,“ Moses, my master, make them stop!”But Moses replied,“ Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them all!”

Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives— especially the ability to prophesy.

A man dishonors his head if he covers his head while praying or prophesying.

If you claim to be a prophet or think you are spiritual, you should recognize that what I am saying is a command from the Lord himself.But if you do not recognize this, you yourself will not be recognized.So, my dear brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking in tongues.

Let two or three people prophesy, and let the others evaluate what is said.But if someone is prophesying and another person receives a revelation from the Lord, the one who is speaking must stop.In this way, all who prophesy will have a turn to speak, one after the other, so that everyone will learn and be encouraged.Remember that people who prophesy are in control of their spirit and can take turns.

Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages.

Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.

He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.

Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture!

And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will be clothed in burlap and will prophesy during those 1,260 days.”These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth.If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes from their mouths and consumes their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die.They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them, and he will conquer them and kill them.And their bodies will lie in the main street of Jerusalem, the city that is figuratively called“ Sodom” and“ Egypt,” the city where their Lord was crucified.And for three and a half days, all peoples, tribes, languages, and nations will stare at their bodies. No one will be allowed to bury them.All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.But after three and a half days, God breathed life into them, and they stood up! Terror struck all who were staring at them.

If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.

Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

“ When you arrive at Gibeah of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.At that time the Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.

he sent troops to capture him. But when they arrived and saw Samuel leading a group of prophets who were prophesying, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s men, and they also began to prophesy.When Saul heard what had happened, he sent other troops, but they, too, prophesied! The same thing happened a third time.Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah and arrived at the great well in Secu.“ Where are Samuel and David?” he demanded.“ They are at Naioth in Ramah,” someone told him.But on the way to Naioth in Ramah the Spirit of God came even upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy all the way to Naioth!He tore off his clothes and lay naked on the ground all day and all night, prophesying in the presence of Samuel. The people who were watching exclaimed,“ What? Is even Saul a prophet?”

When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw a group of prophets coming toward them. Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy.When those who knew Saul heard about it, they exclaimed,“ What? Is even Saul a prophet? How did the son of Kish become a prophet?”And one of those standing there said,“ Can anyone become a prophet, no matter who his father is?” So that is the origin of the saying“ Is even Saul a prophet?”When Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the place of worship.

Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in other tongues and prophesied.