1Th 5:20 | RWP | e4.org | Despise not prophesyings ( προφητειας μη εξουθενειτε ). Same construction, stop counting as nothing ( εξουθενεω , ουθεν=ουδεν ), late form in LXX. Plutarch has εξουδενιζω . Plural form προφητειας (accusative). Word means forth-telling ( προ-φημ ) rather than fore-telling and is the chief of the spiritual gifts ( ) and evidently depreciated in Thessalonica as in Corinth later.

‏ 1 Thessalonians 5:20

Despise not prophesyings ( προφητειας μη εξουθενειτε ). Same construction, stop counting as nothing ( εξουθενεω, ουθεν=ουδεν ), late form in LXX. Plutarch has εξουδενιζω. Plural form προφητειας (accusative). Word means

forth-telling ( προ-φημ ) rather than

fore-telling and is the chief of the spiritual gifts (1Co 14) and evidently depreciated in Thessalonica as in Corinth later.