Note from the previous statement that the gift of prophecy does not involve new revelation but a clearer understanding or amplification of already-given truth. The Pulpit Commentary, in its explanation of Paul’s injunction, “Despise not prophesying” (1 Thes. 5:20), quotes Calvin, “By prophesying I do not understand the gift of foretelling the future, but the science of interpreting Scriptures, so that a prophet is an interpreter of the will of God.” An editorial in Christianity Today tells how in Zurich,