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Posted by 1 Corinthians on Wednesday, 13 January 2016
1 Corinthians 14:32-33a
(32) And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
(33a) For God is not the author of confusion,
14:32-33a. Paul apparently did not believe the prophets were any more restrained than their fellow members gifted in tongues. So he gave the prophets an instruction that was similar to what he gave the tongues-speakers (v. 28). The spirits referred to a prophet’s spiritual gift, which did not control the gifted member, but he controlled it (cf. v. 30). If two or three prophets spoke in a particular service, others gifted and with something to say could do so on another occasion. The church was not a forum for personal pontification or self-glorification; it was a place where people were to be built up and God was to be honored (cf. 10:31-33). The service and those who took part in it should reflect the character of God. He is a God . . . of peace, not disorder, and His Spirit worked to produce the same fruit (Gal. 5:22) in believers’ lives.
Excerpt from:
Walvoord, J. F., Zuck, R. B., & Dallas Theological Seminary. (1983-c1985).
The Bible Knowledge Commentary : An Exposition of the Scriptures.
Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
