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IfΕἴanyoneτιςthinksδοκεῖhe isεἶναιa prophetπροφήτηςorἢspiritual,πνευματικόςlet him recognizeἐπιγινωσκέτωthatὅτιthe thingsἃI am writingγράφωto youὑμῖνareἐστίνfrom the Lord.κυρίου
1 Corinthians 14:37
Study it in the app“If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things I am writing to you are from the Lord.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 14:37, word by word
- thinksδοκεῖdokei
think
To hold something as true in one's mind, rightly or not.
Where else “dokei” appears- he isεἶναιeinai
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appears- a prophetπροφήτηςprophētēs
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētēs” appears- spiritualπνευματικόςpneumatikos
spiritual
Given or moved by the Spirit of God.
Where else “pneumatikos” appears- let him recognizeἐπιγινωσκέτωepiginōsketō
understand
To come to have something clear and sure in the mind, understand it fully.
Where else “epiginōsketō” appears- I am writingγράφωgraphō
write
To set down words in writing: letters, laws, books.
Where else “graphō” appears- from the Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears
Translation note· on the manuscripts
Many manuscripts read “are a commandment of the Lord.”
The context
36Or did the word of God go out from you, or did it reach only you?
37 · This verse (above)
38But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized.