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DISCERNING OF SPIRITS
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
DISCERNING OF SPIRITS was one of the miraculous gifts of the Holy Ghost, by virtue of which the spirits of men were tried whether they were of God. 1 Cor 12:10; 1 John 4:1. It was a most desirable gift in the first ages of the Church, when false prophets and wicked spirits abounded on every side. Comp. Acts 5:1-10; Acts 13:6-12.