This was the proper office of a preacher and it is to the exercise of this office that the apostle refers in the whole of the chapter from which the above quotations are made. Paul's Epistles, see 1 Corinthians 11:4, 1 Corinthians 11:5 and especially 1 Corinthians 14:3 : He that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. Whether prophecy - That prophecy, in the New Testament, often means the gift of exhorting, preaching, or of expounding the Scriptures, is evident from many places in the Gospels, Acts, and St.
Having then gifts differing, c.] As the goodness of God, with this view of our mutual subserviency and usefulness, has endowed us with different gifts and qualifications, let each apply himself to the diligent improvement of his particular office and talent, and modestly keep within the bounds of it, not exalting himself or despising others.
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