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Noun prophēteia (prophecy) in the New Testament
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 13: 14 | With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy (prophēteia) of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed listen, but never understand, and you will indeed look, but never perceive. |
1 Thessalonians
| 5: 20 | Do not despise the words of prophecy (prophēteia), |
1 Corinthians
| 12: 10 | to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy (prophēteia), to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. |
| 13: 2 | And if I have prophecy (prophēteia), 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. |
| 13: 8 | Love never ends. But as for prophecies (prophēteia), they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. |
| 14: 6 | Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you in some revelation or knowledge or prophecy (prophēteia) or teaching? |
| 14: 22 | Tongues, then, are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers, while prophecy (prophēteia) is not for unbelievers but for believers. |
Romans
| 12: 6 | We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy (prophēteia), in proportion to faith; |
1 Timothy
| 1: 18 | I am giving you these instructions, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies (prophēteia) made earlier about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, |
| 4: 14 | Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy (prophēteia) with the laying on of hands by the council of elders. |
2 Peter
| 1: 20 | First of all you must understand this, that no prophecy (prophēteia) of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, |
| 1: 21 | because no prophecy (prophēteia) ever came by human will, but men and women moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. |
Revelation
| 1: 3 | Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of the prophecy (prophēteia), and blessed are those who hear and who keep what is written in it; for the time is near. |
| 11: 6 | They have authority to shut the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophecy (prophēteia), and they have authority over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague, as often as they desire. |
| 19: 10 | Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your comrades who hold the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy (prophēteia)." |
| 22: 7 | "See, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy (prophēteia) of this book." |
| 22: 10 | And he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy (prophēteia) of this book, for the time is near. |
| 22: 18 | I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy (prophēteia) of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this book; |
| 22: 19 | if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy (prophēteia), God will take away that person's share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. |
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