20. προφητείαςμὴἐξουθενεῖτε] an injunction closely related to the foregoing (cf. 1 Corinthians 14:1 ζηλοῦτεδὲτὰπνευματικά, μᾶλλονδὲἵναπροφητεύητε), and pointing to the impassioned utterances regarding the deep things of God which so frequently showed themselves in the Early Church under the direct influence of the Spirit: cf. Acts 2:17; Acts 19:6, 1 Corinthians 12:10, Revelation 1:10, and see further McGiffert Apost. Age p. 526 ff. The strong verb ἐξουθενέω ‘ set at naught,’ ‘ make of no account’ (Suid.: ἀντʼ οὐδενὸςλογίζομαι) is found in the N.T. only in Luke 3 and Paul8, and under the form ἐξουδενεῖν in Mark 1. In the LXX. it occurs in four forms ἐξουδενεῖν, -νοῦν, ἐξουθενεῖν, -οῦν: see Lobeck Phryn. p. 182.