Verse 29
Likewise the prophets should minister in an orderly fashion and limit themselves to two or three messages at a service. The others in the congregation (not just other prophets) should pay attention to what they said. The Greek word diakrino means "pass judgment" (NASB) or "weigh carefully" (NIV). In 1 Corinthians 12:10 it reads "distinguish." Here it probably means to evaluate it carefully and, if need be, to reject it if the ministry was not in harmony with Scripture.
"The apostle does not instruct the churches to sort out the true and false elements in any particular prophecy. Rather, he instructs them to sort out the true and false prophecies among the many they would hear." [Note: R. Fowler White, "Does God Speak Today Apart from the Bible? in The Coming Evangelical Crisis, p. 84. This essay is a rebuttal of the teaching of Jack Deere, Surprised by the Power of the Spirit, pp. 133-43, 209-15; and Grudem, The Gift . . .; idem, Systematic Theology, pp. 1049-61, on this subject.]
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