1 Thessalonians 5:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ Do not despise prophecies,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ Despise not prophesyings.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ Do not spurn the gifts and utterances of the prophets [do not depreciate prophetic revelations nor despise inspired instruction or exhortation or warning].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ despise not prophesyings;

Common English Bible

²⁰ Don’t brush off Spirit-inspired messages,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Do not spurn prophecies.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Despise not prophecies.

1 Thessalonians 5:20 Cross References

Acts 13:1

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a childhood friend of Herod the ruler, and Saul.

Acts 19:6

When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied;

1 Corinthians 11:4

Any man who prays or prophesies with something on his head shames his head,

1 Corinthians 12:10

to another the working of powerful deeds, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

1 Corinthians 12:28

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.

1 Corinthians 13:2

And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 13:9

For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part,

1 Corinthians 14:1

Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts and especially that you may prophesy.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.