1 Corinthians 12:31

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But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you a more excellent way.

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  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 So then, brothers and sisters, eagerly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-14:1 : 1 If I speak in the tongues of people and of angels, but do not have love, I am like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy, understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give everything I have to the poor and surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Pursue love, and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 'But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.'
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Indeed, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake, I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them garbage, in order that I may gain Christ,
  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God testifying about his gifts; and through faith, even though he is dead, he still speaks.

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  • 1 Cor 14:12-13
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    12So with yourselves, since you are eager for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in building up the church.

    13Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say.

  • 1 Cor 14:1
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    1Pursue love, and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

  • 1 Cor 12:29-30
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    29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

    30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Now, concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.

  • 1 Cor 13:1-4
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    1If I speak in the tongues of people and of angels, but do not have love, I am like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

    2If I have the gift of prophecy, understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

    3If I give everything I have to the poor and surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

    4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

  • 1 Cor 14:39-40
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    39So then, brothers and sisters, eagerly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

    40But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.

  • 1 Cor 13:13
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    13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

  • 1 Cor 14:5
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    5I wish that all of you spoke in tongues, but I would rather you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless they interpret so that the church may be built up.

  • Luke 12:31
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    31Instead, seek His kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

  • 1 Cor 12:8-10
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    8To one, a message of wisdom is given through the Spirit; to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit;

    9to another, faith by the same Spirit; to another, gifts of healing by that one Spirit;

    10to another, miraculous powers; to another, prophecy; to another, distinguishing between spirits; to another, different kinds of tongues; to another, the interpretation of tongues.

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7I wish that all people were as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one of one kind and one of another.

  • 1 Cor 12:4
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    4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

  • Col 3:14
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    14And above all these, put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

  • Rom 12:9-10
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    9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

    10Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.

  • Phil 1:9-10
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    9And this is my prayer, that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight.

    10So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10And indeed you are doing this toward all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel even more.

  • 1 Cor 10:31
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    31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14Let all that you do be done in love.

  • 1 Cor 14:18-20
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    18I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

    19But in the church, I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

    20Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in regard to evil, but in your thinking be mature.

  • Rom 12:6
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    6We have different gifts according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophecy, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;

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    23And the parts of the body that we think are less honorable, we bestow greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

    24whereas our presentable parts have no need of it. But God has composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,

  • 1 Cor 14:26
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    26What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.

  • 1 Cor 1:7
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    7So that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Phil 4:17
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    17Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.

  • Rom 1:11
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    11For I long to see you, that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you—

  • 2 Cor 8:7-8
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    7But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all diligence, and in the love we inspired in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

    8I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.

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    8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15And I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved less?

  • Heb 6:9
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    9But we are confident of better things concerning you, dear friends—things that accompany salvation—even though we speak in this way.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7to godliness, brotherly love; and to brotherly love, love.

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1Finally, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, just as you received instructions from us on how you ought to live and please God, that you would excel even more.

  • Phil 3:15
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    15Let all of us who are mature think this way. And if in anything you think differently, that too God will reveal to you.

  • Num 18:29
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    29Out of all your gifts, you must present the very best part, the sacred portion, as an offering to the LORD.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    5So I considered it necessary to urge the brothers to go ahead to you and prepare in advance the generous gift you had promised, so that it may be ready as a blessing, and not as something given reluctantly.