1 Corintios 14:38

38 Si no lo reconoce, tampoco él será reconocido.^[a]

1 Corintios 14:38 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:38

But if any man be ignorant
Of "these" words, as the Arabic version adds, and does not know and own them to be the commandments of Christ; though he may profess himself to be a prophet, or a spiritual man, he is a very ignorant one, and has not the Spirit of God he pretends to: and if he will not be convinced, but goes on to doubt, and call in question the truth of these things, and obstinately persist in his ignorance,

let him be ignorant:
let him be treated and despised as an ignorant man; and let his ignorance be no hinderance to any in receiving these rules and directions as the commandments of Christ; for no regard is to be had, or pity shown, to a man of affected ignorance, and wilful obstinacy; such a man is not to be known and owned, but shunned and rejected.

1 Corintios 14:38 In-Context

36 ¿Acaso la palabra de Dios procedió de ustedes? ¿O son ustedes los únicos que la han recibido?

37 Si alguno se cree profeta o espiritual, reconozca que esto que les escribo es mandato del Señor.

38 Si no lo reconoce, tampoco él será reconocido.

39 Así que, hermanos míos, ambicionen el don de profetizar, y no prohíban que se hable en lenguas.

40 Pero todo debe hacerse de una manera apropiada y con orden.

Footnotes

• [a]. "tampoco " "… " "reconocido" . Var. "que no lo reconozca" .