1 Corinthians 14:32
Good News Translation
The gift of proclaiming God's message should be under the speaker's control,

New Revised Standard Version
And the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets,

Contemporary English Version
A prophet should be willing to stop and let someone else speak.

New American Bible
Indeed, the spirits of prophets are under the prophets’ control,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.

1 Corinthians 14:29,30 And let the prophets speak, two or three: and let the rest judge. . . .

1 Samuel 10:10-13 And they came to the foresaid hill, and behold a company of prophets met him: and the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he prophesied in the midst of them. . . .

1 Samuel 19:19-24 And it was told Saul by some, saying: Behold David is in Najoth, in Ramatha. . . .

2 Kings 2:3,5 The sons of the prophets, that were at Bethel, came forth to Eliseus, and said to him: Dost thou know that, this day, the Lord will take away thy master from thee? And he answered: I also know it: hold your peace. . . .

Job 32:8-11 But, as I see, there is a spirit in men, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth understanding. . . .

Jeremiah 20:9 Then I said: I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: and there came in my heart as a burning fire, shut up in my bones, and I was wearied, not being able to bear it.

Acts 4:19,20 But Peter and John answering, said to them: If it be just, in the sight of God, to hear you rather than God, judge ye. . . .

1 John 4:1 Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Context
Orderly Worship
31For you may all prophesy, one by one, that all may learn and all may be exhorted. 32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also I teach in all the churches of the saints.…
Cross References
Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church which was at Antioch prophets and doctors, among whom was Barnabas and Simon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene and Manahen who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

1 Corinthians 14:29
And let the prophets speak, two or three: and let the rest judge.

1 Corinthians 14:31
For you may all prophesy, one by one, that all may learn and all may be exhorted.

1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is not the God of dissension, but of peace: as also I teach in all the churches of the saints.

2 Thessalonians 2:2
That you be not easily moved from your sense nor be terrified, neither by spirit nor by word nor by epistle. as sent from us, as if the day of the Lord were at hand.

Revelation 22:6
And he said to me: These words are most faithful and true. And the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to shew his servant the things which must be done shortly.

1 Corinthians 14:31
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