1 Corinthians 12:31

Geneva Bible (1560)

But desire you the best giftes, and I will yet shewe you a more excellent way.

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  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 Wherefore, brethren, couet to prophecie, and forbid not to speake languages.
  • 1 Cor 13:1-14:1 : 1 Though I speake with the tongues of men and Angels, and haue not loue, I am as sounding brasse, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I had the gift of prophecie, and knewe all secrets and all knowledge, yea, if I had all faith, so that I could remooue mountaines and had not loue, I were nothing. 3 And though I feede the poore with all my goods, and though I giue my body, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it selfe: it is not puffed vp: 5 It doeth no vncomely thing: it seeketh not her owne things: it is not prouoked to anger: it thinketh not euill: 6 It reioyceth not in iniquitie, but reioyceth in the trueth: 7 It suffreth all things: it beleeueth all things: it hopeth all things: it endureth all things. 8 Loue doeth neuer fall away, though that prophecyings be abolished, or the tongues cease, or knowledge vanish away. 9 For we knowe in part, and we prophecie in part. 10 But when that which is perfect, is come, then that which is in part, shalbe abolished. 11 When I was a childe, I spake as a childe, I vnderstoode as a childe, I thought as a childe: but when I became a man, I put away childish thinges. 12 For nowe we see through a glasse darkely: but then shall wee see face to face. Nowe I know in part: but then shall I know euen as I am knowen. 13 And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue. 1 Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes, and rather that ye may prophecie.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousnes: for they shalbe filled.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 But one thing is needefull, Marie hath chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 And as touching things sacrificed vnto idols, wee knowe that wee all haue knowledge: knowledge puffeth vp, but loue edifieth.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea, doubtlesse I thinke all thinges but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lorde, for whome I haue counted all things losse, and doe iudge them to bee dongue, that I might winne Christ,
  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel offered vnto God a greater sacrifice then Cain, by the which he obtained witnes that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by the which faith also he being dead, yet speaketh.

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    12Euen so, forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes, seeke that ye may excell vnto the edifying of the Church.

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    1Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes, and rather that ye may prophecie.

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

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    1Now concerning spirituall giftes, brethren, I would not haue you ignorant.

  • 1 Cor 13:1-4
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    1Though I speake with the tongues of men and Angels, and haue not loue, I am as sounding brasse, or a tinkling cymbal.

    2And though I had the gift of prophecie, and knewe all secrets and all knowledge, yea, if I had all faith, so that I could remooue mountaines and had not loue, I were nothing.

    3And though I feede the poore with all my goods, and though I giue my body, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing.

    4Loue suffreth long: it is bountifull: loue enuieth not: loue doeth not boast it selfe: it is not puffed vp:

  • 1 Cor 14:39-40
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    39Wherefore, brethren, couet to prophecie, and forbid not to speake languages.

    40Let all things be done honestly, and by order.

  • 1 Cor 13:13
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    13And nowe abideth faith, hope and loue, euen these three: but the chiefest of these is loue.

  • 1 Cor 14:5
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    5I would that ye all spake strange languages, but rather that ye prophecied: for greater is hee that prophecieth, then hee that speaketh diuers tongues, except hee expounde it, that the Church may receiue edification.

  • Luke 12:31
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    31But rather seeke ye after the kingdome of God, and all these things shalbe cast vpon you.

  • 1 Cor 12:8-10
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    8For to one is giuen by the Spirit the word of wisdome: and to an other the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit:

    9And to another is giuen faith by the same Spirit: and to another the giftes of healing, by the same Spirit:

    10And to another the operations of great workes: and to another, prophecie: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, diuersities of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues.

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

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    4Now there are diuersities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

  • Col 3:14
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    14And aboue all these thinges put on loue, which is the bond of perfectnes.

  • Rom 12:9-10
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    9Let loue be without dissimulation. Abhorre that which is euill, and cleaue vnto that which is good.

    10Be affectioned to loue one another with brotherly loue. In giuing honour, goe one before another,

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

    10That ye may alowe those things which are best, that ye may be pure, and without offence vntill the day of Christ,

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8But aboue all thinges haue feruent loue among you: for loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes.

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10Yea, and that thing verily yee doe vnto all the brethren, which are throughout all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more,

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    31Whether therefore ye eate, or drinke, or whatsoeuer ye doe, doe all to the glory of God.

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14Let all your things be done in loue.

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    18I thanke my God, I speake languages more then ye all.

    19Yet had I rather in the Church to speake fiue wordes with mine vnderstanding, that I might also instruct others, then ten thousande wordes in a strange tongue.

    20Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.

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    6Seeing then that we haue gifts that are diuers, according to the grace that is giuen vnto vs, whether we haue prophecie, let vs prophecie according to the portion of faith:

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    23And vpon those members of the body, which wee thinke most vnhonest, put wee more honestie on: and our vncomely parts haue more comelinesse on.

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    26What is to be done then, brethren? when ye come together, according as euery one of you hath a Psalme, or hath doctrine, or hath a tongue, or hath reuelation, or hath interpretation, let all things be done vnto edifying.

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  • Phil 4:17
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    17Not that I desire a gift: but I desire the fruit which may further your reckoning.

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    11For I long to see you, that I might bestowe among you some spirituall gift, that you might be strengthened:

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    7Therefore, as yee abound in euery thing, in faith and woorde, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your loue towardes vs, euen so see that yee abound in this grace also.

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    8Loue doeth neuer fall away, though that prophecyings be abolished, or the tongues cease, or knowledge vanish away.

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    15These things exercise, and giue thy selfe vnto them, that it may be seene howe thou profitest among all men.

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    15And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your soules: though the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.

  • Heb 6:9
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    9But beloued, we haue perswaded our selues better things of you, and such as accompany saluation, though we thus speake.

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    7And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue.

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1And furthermore we beseeche you, brethren, and exhort you in the Lord Iesus, that ye increase more and more, as ye haue receiued of vs, how ye ought to walke, and to please God.

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    15Let vs therefore as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if yee be otherwise minded, God shall reueile euen the same vnto you.

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    29Ye shal offer of all your gifts al the Lords heaue offrings: of all the fat of the same shall ye offer the holy things thereof.

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    5Wherefore, I thought it necessarie to exhort the brethren to come before vnto you, and to finish your beneuolence appointed afore, that it might be readie, and come as of beneuolence, and not as of niggardlinesse.