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1 Thessalonians 5:20

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Don’t despise prophesies.”

— WEB

“Despise not prophesyings.”

— KJV

“despise not prophesyings;”

— ASV

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Commentary

prophesyings--whether exercised in inspired teaching, or in predicting the future. "Despised" by some as beneath "tongues," which seemed most miraculous; therefore declared by Paul to be a greater gift than tongues, though the latter were more showy (Co1 14:5).

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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