Discerning of Spirits

1 Corinthians 12:10, a miraculous gift of the Holy Ghost to certain of the early church, empowering them to judge of the real character of those who professed to love Christ, and to be inspired to teach in his name, 1 John 4:1 2 John 1:7. Compare Acts 5:1-10 13:6-12.

1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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1 Corinthians 12:10
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
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1 Corinthians 12:8-10
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
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1 Corinthians 12:7
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit with.
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Acts 10:38
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
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James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no ficklenss, neither shadow of turning.
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Whether Free Grace is Appropriately Divided by the Apostle
... to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles;
to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another ...
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Hence Too is Solved that Question, How is it that the Martyrs...
... 2765] the gift of healings in one Spirit; to one [2766] workings of miracles; to
one [2767] prophecy; to one [2768] discerning of spirits; to one [2769] kinds ...
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Whether Gratuitous Grace is Rightly Divided by the Apostle?
... word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; to another, the working of miracles;
to another, prophecy; to another, the discerning of spirits; to another ...
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Sermon for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity
... Now St. Paul says, that the Holy Ghost, by His operations, teaches us the
discerning of spirits. Children, who do you suppose are ...
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Letter cciv. To the Neocæsareans.
... Spirit; to another the gift of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working
of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits." [2750] If ...
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Note on Demons.
... One of the miraculous gifts was "discerning of spirits," and it is possible if this
gift was restored we would be able to explain many a mysterious case by ...
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Abbot Moses' Introduction on the Grace of Discretion. And So when ...
... to another faith by the same Spirit, to another the gift of healing by the same
Spirit," and shortly after, "to another the discerning of spirits." Then after ...
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The Church of God.
... to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles;
to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits, to another ...
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On the Diversity of Spiritual Gifts.
... For perhaps one has the word of wisdom, and another the word of knowledge; [3567]
another, discerning of spirits; another, foreknowledge of things to come ...
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The Work of the Holy Spirit in Prophets and Apostles.
... to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit; and to another workings of miracles;
and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits: to another ...
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Discerning of Spirits

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