and the message to the Ephesian church in Revelation confirms the accuracy of his prediction. The context suggests that the self-appointed apostles were antinomians rather than legalists. The necessity of testing doctrine and advice was widely recognized in the early church (1 Thess 5:21; 1 Cor 14:29; 1 John 4:1). Jesus provided the very simple and pragmatic, “By their fruit you will recognize them” (Matt 7:20). In the Didache the test for a true prophet is that “he have the behavior of the Lord.”10
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