What Does 1 Corinthians 14:24 Mean in the King James?
But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Prophecy reaches the outsider by exposing what is within and placing it under the whole assembly’s examination.
THE MEANING
When everyone prophesies, you can arrive without trust or understanding and still find the words reaching into what is within you. What was hidden becomes exposed and examined in the open.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that you must first understand or belong before truth can reach you; the verse places the outsider within the reach of speech that exposes and examines.
THE ROOT
ἐλέγχεται
elegchetai
GROWS FROM
ἐλέγχω
elegchō
To expose, convict, or reprove by bringing something into view.
English “convinced” can sound like being persuaded by an argument, while the Greek root carries the sense of exposure: something within becomes visible under the words. The verse’s paired verbs make recognition an encounter with what speech brings into the open.
ALSO GROWS
elenchos: Evidence or proof that brings something to light.
ἔλεγχος
Hebrews 11:1 uses this related noun for “evidence”; the shared word family connects conviction with what makes the unseen recognizable.
elenchthē: To be exposed or reproved.
ἐλεγχθῇ
John 3:20 uses this form for deeds being reproved, showing how the root brings what is hidden into view.
ἀνακρίνεται
anakrinetai
GROWS FROM
ἀνακρίνω
anakrinō
To examine, question, investigate, or discern.
This verb carries the texture of examination and discernment, so the assembly’s response involves looking closely at what the words bring into view. English “judged” preserves the evaluation but conceals this investigative texture.
ALSO GROWS
anakrisis: An examination or inquiry.
ἀνάκρισις
Acts 25:26 uses this noun for an examination, clarifying the scrutiny carried by the verb here.
anakrinei: Examines or discerns.
ἀνακρίνει
In 1 Corinthians 2:15, this related form describes discernment; the same root links being “judged” here with being examined.
THE PATTERN
When divine speech reaches beneath appearance, what is hidden within a person becomes visible and recognizable.
He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.THE THREAD
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.The Greek noun ἔλεγχος (elenchos, “evidence” or “proof”) here belongs to the same word family as ἐλέγχεται (elegchetai, “is exposed” or “is convicted”) in 1 Corinthians 14:24. The shared root links conviction with evidence that brings what is unseen into recognition.
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