1 Corinthians 12:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Prophecy. — Not in its modern and limited sense of foretelling the future, but forthtelling truth generally.

Discerning of spiritsi.e., the power to distinguish between the workings of the Holy Spirit and of evil and misleading spirits (see 1 Timothy 4:1; 1 John 4:1). On the gifts of tongues and interpretations of tongues, see 1 Corinthians 14.

1 Corinthians 12:10

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: