Bible Verses about “modern prophets”

“Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud,”

“doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;”

“bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

“doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;”

“Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are various languages, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.”

“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.”

“But now faith, hope, and love remain--these three. The greatest of these is love.”

“For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.”

“If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don't have love, I am nothing.”

“but when that which is complete has come, then that which is partial will be done away with.”

“If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don't have love, it profits me nothing.”

“For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;”

“If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don't have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal.”

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.”

“"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.”

“He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;”

“Let all things be done decently and in order.”

“for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;”

“until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;”

“that we may no longer be children, tossed back and forth and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;”

“let your wives keep silent in the assemblies, for it has not been permitted for them to speak; but let them be in subjection, as the law also says.”

“for God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,”

“'It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.”

“If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly.”

“For no prophecy ever came by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.”

“What is it then, brothers? When you come together, each one of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has another language, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to build each other up.”

“Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.”

“For he who speaks in another language speaks not to men, but to God; for no one understands; but in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.”

“Brothers, don't be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.”

“If any man speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.”

“What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.”

“But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself, and to God.”

“Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don't forbid speaking with other languages.”

“So also you, unless you uttered by the tongue words easy to understand, how would it be known what is spoken? For you would be speaking into the air.”

“Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;”

“What? Was it from you that the word of God went out? Or did it come to you alone?”

“If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.”

“But if anyone is ignorant, let him be ignorant.”

“Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they didn't give a distinction in the sounds, how would it be known what is piped or harped?”

“For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.”

“For you all can prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted.”

“But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, exhortation, and consolation.”

“Therefore other languages are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving; but prophesying is for a sign, not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.”

“There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.”

“Let the prophets speak, two or three, and let the others discern.”

“But if a revelation is made to another sitting by, let the first keep silent.”

“Therefore let him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret.”

“Otherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn't know what you say?”

“However in the assembly I would rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in another language.”

“If therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won't they say that you are crazy?”