1 Corinthians 12:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-14:1 : 1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell. 2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me. 4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride; 5 Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil; 6 It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true; 7 Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things. 8 Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end. 9 For our knowledge is only in part, and the prophet's word gives only a part of what is true: 10 But when that which is complete is come, then that which is in part will be no longer necessary. 11 When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child. 12 For now we see things in a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now my knowledge is in part; then it will be complete, even as God's knowledge of me. 13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. 1 Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 Little is needed, or even one thing only: for Mary has taken that good part, which will not be taken away from her.
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

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    12 So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

    13 For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.

  • 1 Cor 14:1
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    1 Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.

  • 1 Cor 12:29-30
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    29 Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?

    30 Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1 But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

  • 1 Cor 13:1-4
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    1 If I make use of the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am like sounding brass, or a loud-tongued bell.

    2 And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

    3 And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

    4 Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

  • 1 Cor 14:39-40
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    39 So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.

    40 Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.

  • 1 Cor 13:13
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    13 But now we still have faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

  • 1 Cor 14:5
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    5 Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.

  • Luke 12:31
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    31 But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition.

  • 1 Cor 12:8-10
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    8 For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

    9 To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

    10 And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

  • 1 Cor 12:4
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    4 Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

  • Col 3:14
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    14 And more than all, have love; the only way in which you may be completely joined together.

  • Rom 12:9-10
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    9 Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.

    10 Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

  • Phil 1:9-10
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    9 And my prayer is that you may be increased more and more in knowledge and experience;

    10 So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8 And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10 And, truly, you are lovers of all the brothers in Macedonia; but it is our desire that your love may be increased still more;

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    31 So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

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    14 Let all you do be done in love.

  • 1 Cor 14:18-20
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    18 I give praise to God that I am able to make use of tongues more than you all:

    19 But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

    20 My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

  • Rom 12:6
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    6 And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

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    23 And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

    24 But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;

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    26 What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

  • 1 Cor 1:7
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    7 So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

  • Phil 4:17
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    17 Not that I am looking for an offering, but for fruit which may be put to your credit.

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    11 For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

  • 2 Cor 8:7-8
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    7 And that as you are full of every good thing, of faith, of the word, of knowledge, of a ready mind, and of love to us, so you may be full of this grace in the same way.

    8 I am not giving you an order, but using the ready mind of others as a test of the quality of your love.

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    8 Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

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    15 Have a care for these things; give yourself to them with all your heart, so that all may see how you go forward.

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    15 And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

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    9 But, my loved ones, though we say this, we are certain that you have better things in you, things which go with salvation;

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    7 And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.

  • Phil 3:15
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    15 Then let us all, who have come to full growth, be of this mind: and if in anything you are of a different mind, even this will God make clear to you:

  • Num 18:29
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    29 From everything given to you, let the best of it, the holy part of it, be offered as a lifted offering to the Lord.

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    5 So it seemed to me wise for the brothers to go before, and see that the amount which you had undertaken to give was ready, so that it might be a cause for praise, and not as if we were making profit out of you.