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Romans 12:6

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We all have gifts. They differ according to the grace God has given to each of us. Do you have the gift of prophecy? Then use it according to the faith you have.

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So I am sending you prophets, wise people, and teachers. You will kill some of them. You will nail some to a cross. Others you will whip in your synagogues. You will chase them from town to town.

“The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you trusted me with two bags of gold. See, I have earned two more.’

So God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to them. They will kill some. And they will try to hurt others.’

In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers. Among them were Barnabas, Simeon, and Lucius from Cyrene. Simeon was also called Niger. Another was Manaen. He had been brought up with Herod, the ruler of Galilee. Saul was among them too.

Judas and Silas were prophets. They said many things to give strength and hope to the believers.

He said, “ ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Holy Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will have dreams.

He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

I long to see you. I want to make you strong by giving you a gift from the Holy Spirit.

God’s grace has been given to me. So here is what I say to every one of you. Don’t think of yourself more highly than you should. Be reasonable when you think about yourself. Keep in mind the faith God has given to each of you.

God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be.

Suppose I have the gift of prophecy. Suppose I can understand all the secret things of God and know everything about him. And suppose I have enough faith to move mountains. If I don’t have love, I am nothing at all.

Follow the way of love. You should also want the gifts the Holy Spirit gives. Most of all, you should want the gift of prophecy.

But suppose unbelievers or visitors come in while everyone is prophesying. Then they will feel guilty about their sin. They will be judged by all.

Only two or three prophets are supposed to speak. Others should decide if what is being said is true.

After all, what is Apollos? And what is Paul? We are only people who serve. We helped you to believe. The Lord has given each of us our own work to do.

I wish all of you were single like me. But you each have your own gift from God. One has this gift, and another has that one.

Do you really want to give? Then the gift is measured by what someone has. It is not measured by what they don’t have.

The mystery was not made known to people of other times. But now the Holy Spirit has made this mystery known to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

So Christ himself gave the gift of the apostles to the church. He gave the prophets and those who preach the good news. And he also gave the pastors and teachers as a gift to the church.

So all of us who are grown up in the faith should see things this way. Maybe you think differently about something. But God will make it clear to you.

Don’t treat prophecies as if they weren’t important.

Above all, here is what you must understand. No prophecy in Scripture ever came from a prophet’s own understanding of things.




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