But there is also another explanation. There were among them many indeed who prophesied truly, but some prophesied falsely. This also he says in the Epistle to the Corinthians, that on this account He gave the discernings of spirits. 1 Corinthians 12:10 For the devil, of his vile craft, wished through this gift of grace to subvert everything pertaining to the Church. For since both the demon and the Spirit prophesied concerning the future, the one indeed uttering falsehood, and the other truth, and it was not possible from any quarter to receive a proof of one or the other, but each spoke without being called to account, as Jeremiah and Ezekiel had done, but when the time came they were convicted, He gave also the discernings of spirits. Since therefore then also among the Thessalonians many were prophesying, glancing at whom he says, Neither by word, nor by epistle, as from us, as that the day of the Lord is now present 2 Thessalonians 2:2, he says this here. That is, do not, because ...
