Quotes About Discernment

But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”

All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyoneís heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen

“Men of Israel,” he said, “consider carefully what you are about to do to these men.

Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:

And when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.”

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyoneís judgment.

But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.

What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.

Brothers, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.

Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

The spirits of prophets are subject to prophets.

For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it way too easily.

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.