1 Corinthians 12:31

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Couet after the best giftes: And yet shew I vnto you a more excellent way.

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  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 Wherfore brethren, couet to prophesie, and forbyd not to speake with tongues.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-14:1 : 1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and of Angels, and haue not loue, I am as soundyng brasse, or as a tincklyng Cimball: 2 And though I coulde prophesie, and vnderstoode all secretes, and all knowledge: Yea, if I had all fayth, so that I coulde moue mountaynes out of their places, and haue not loue, I were nothyng. 3 And though I bestowe all my goodes to feede the poore, and though I geue my body that I burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothyng. 4 Loue suffreth long, and is curteous: Loue enuieth not, loue doth not frowardely, swelleth not, 5 Dealeth not dishonestlie, seeketh not her owne, is not prouoked to anger, thynketh none euyll, 6 Reioyceth not in iniquitie: bur reioyceth in the trueth: 7 Suffreth all thynges, beleueth all thynges, hopeth all thynges, endureth all thynges. 8 Though ye prophesiynges fayle, other tongues ceasse, or knowledge vanishe away, yet loue falleth neuer away. 9 For our knowledge is vnperfect, and our prophesiyng is vnperfect: 10 But when that which is perfect, is come, then that which is vnperfect shalbe done away. 11 When I was a chylde, I spake as a childe, I vnderstode as a childe, I imagined as a chylde: But assoone as I was a man, I put away chyldishnesse. 12 Nowe we see in a glasse, euen in a darke speakyng: but then shall we see face to face. Nowe I knowe vnperfectly: but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen. 13 Nowe abydeth fayth, hope, and loue, these three, but the chiefe of these is loue. 1 Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed (are) they, which do hunger and thirste (after) righteousnes: for they shalbe satisfied.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 Ueryly one is needefull. Mary hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 As touching thinges offred vnto idols, we are sure yt we all haue knowledge. Knowledge maketh a man swell: but loue edifieth.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea, I thynke all thynges but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde: For whom I haue counted all thyng losse, & do iudge the but vile, that I may winne Christe,
  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain: by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous, God testifiyng of his gyftes: by which also he beyng dead, yet speaketh.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 14:12-13
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    12 Euen so, forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes seke that ye may excell, vnto the edifiyng of the Churche.

    13 Wherfore, let him that speaketh with tongue, pray that he may interprete.

  • 1 Cor 14:1
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    1 Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie.

  • 1 Cor 12:29-30
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    29 Are all, Apostles? are all, prophetes? are all, teachers?

    30 Are all, doers of miracles? Haue all the giftes of healyng? Do all speake with tongues? Do all interprete?

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1 Concernyng spirituall gyftes, brethren, I woulde not haue you ignoraunt.

  • 1 Cor 13:1-4
    4 verses
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    1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and of Angels, and haue not loue, I am as soundyng brasse, or as a tincklyng Cimball:

    2 And though I coulde prophesie, and vnderstoode all secretes, and all knowledge: Yea, if I had all fayth, so that I coulde moue mountaynes out of their places, and haue not loue, I were nothyng.

    3 And though I bestowe all my goodes to feede the poore, and though I geue my body that I burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothyng.

    4 Loue suffreth long, and is curteous: Loue enuieth not, loue doth not frowardely, swelleth not,

  • 1 Cor 14:39-40
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    39 Wherfore brethren, couet to prophesie, and forbyd not to speake with tongues.

    40 Let all thynges be done honestlie and in order.

  • 1 Cor 13:13
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    13 Nowe abydeth fayth, hope, and loue, these three, but the chiefe of these is loue.

  • 1 Cor 14:5
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    5 I woulde yt ye al spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: For greater is he that prophesieth, then he that speaketh with tongues, except he expounde it, that the Churche may haue edifiyng.

  • Luke 12:31
    69%

    31 But rather seke ye after ye kyngdome of God, and all these thinges shalbe ministred vnto you.

  • 1 Cor 12:8-10
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    69%

    8 For to one is geuen by the spirite, the worde of wisdome, to another the word of knowledge, by the same spirite:

    9 To another is geuen fayth, by the same spirite: to another the giftes of healyng by the same spirite:

    10 To another, power to do miracles, to another, prophesie, to another iudgement to discerne spirites, to another, diuers kyndes of tongues, to another, the interpretation of tongues.

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7 For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that.

  • 1 Cor 12:4
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    4 There are diuersities of gyftes, but the spirite is one.

  • Col 3:14
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    14 And aboue all thynges put on loue, which is the bonde of perfectnesse.

  • Rom 12:9-10
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    9 Loue without dissimulation, hatyng euyll, cleauyng to good.

    10 Affectioned one to another with brotherly loue, in geuyng honour, go one before another.

  • Phil 1:9-10
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    9 And this I pray, that your loue may abounde yet more and more in knowledge, and in all vnderstandyng:

    10 That ye maye discerne thynges that differ, that ye maye be pure, and without offence, tyll the day of Christe.

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8 But aboue all thynges, haue feruent loue among your selues: For loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10 Yea and that thyng veryly ye do vnto all ye brethren which are in al Macedonia: But we beseche you brethren, that ye encrease more and more:

  • 1 Cor 10:31
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    31 Whether therfore ye eate or drynke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God.

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14 Let al your thinges be done with loue.

  • 1 Cor 14:18-20
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    18 I thanke my God, I speake with tongues more the ye all.

    19 Yet had I rather, in the Churche to speake fiue wordes with my vnderstandyng, to the information of other, then ten thousande wordes with the tongue.

    20 Brethren, be not chyldren in wytte: Howbeit, as concerning maliciousnesse, be chyldren: but in wytte, be perfect.

  • Rom 12:6
    67%

    6 Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes, accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs, yf any man haue the gyft, either prophesie after the measure of fayth,

  • 1 Cor 12:23-24
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    23 And vpon those members of the body which we thynke least honest, put we more honestie on. And our vncomely partes, haue more comelynesse on.

    24 For our comely members neede it not: But God hath tempered the body together, and hath geuen the more honour to that part which lacked:

  • 1 Cor 14:26
    67%

    26 Howe is it then brethren? When ye come together, euery one of you hath a psalme, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a reuelation, hath interpretation. Let all thynges be done vnto edifiyng.

  • 1 Cor 1:7
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    7 So that ye are destitute of no gyft, wayting for the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christe,

  • Phil 4:17
    67%

    17 Not that I desire a gyft, but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt.

  • Rom 1:11
    67%

    11 For I long to see you, that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that ye myght be stablisshed.

  • 2 Cor 8:7-8
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    7 Nowe therefore as ye are riche in all thinges, in fayth, in worde, in knowledge, in all feruentnesse, and in loue, which ye haue to vs: euen so, see that ye be plenteous in this grace also.

    8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue.

  • 1 Cor 13:8
    67%

    8 Though ye prophesiynges fayle, other tongues ceasse, or knowledge vanishe away, yet loue falleth neuer away.

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15 Haue a care of these thinges, and geue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest in all thynges.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
    66%

    15 I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne.

  • Heb 6:9
    66%

    9 Neuerthelesse, deare frendes, we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you, and thynges whiche accompanie saluation, though we thus speake.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7 In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue.

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1 Furthermore we besech you brethren, & exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus, that ye encrease more and more, as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walke and to please God.

  • Phil 3:15
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    15 Let vs therfore as many as be perfect, be thus mynded, and if ye be otherwyse mynded, God shall reueale the same also vnto you.

  • Num 18:29
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    29 Of all your giftes ye shall offer all the Lordes heaue offeryng, euen all the fat of the same, to wit the holy thynges therof.

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    5 Therfore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren, to come beforehand vnto you, and to prepare your good blessyng promised afore, that it myght be redy, so that it be as a blessyng, and not a defraudyng.

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