1 Corinthians 14:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 14:26 : 26 Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
  • 1 Cor 12:7 : 7 To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.
  • 1 Cor 12:31 : 31 But you should be eager for the greater gifts.And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.
  • 1 Cor 14:1 : 1 Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
  • 1 Cor 14:3-4 : 3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation. 4 The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Cor 14:1-6
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    1Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

    2For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

    3But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation.

    4The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

    5I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.

    6Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

  • 1 Cor 14:13-20
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    13So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

    14If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive.

    15What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind.

    16Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say“Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

    17For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened.

    18I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you,

    19but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue.

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

  • 1 Cor 12:30-31
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    30Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

    31But you should be eager for the greater gifts.And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

  • 1 Cor 14:26-28
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    26Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

    27If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

    28But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

  • 1 Cor 14:39-40
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    39So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

    40And do everything in a decent and orderly manner.

  • 1 Cor 14:9-11
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    9It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air.

    10There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning.

    11If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me.

  • 1 Cor 12:8-12
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    8For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

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

    10to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

    11It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

    12Different Members in One Body For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body– though many– are one body, so too is Christ.

  • Eph 4:12
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    12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

  • 1 Cor 12:4
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    4Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

  • Rom 1:11
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    11For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,

  • 2 Cor 8:7
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    7But as you excel in everything– in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you– make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too.

  • Rom 14:19
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    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

  • 1 Thess 4:10
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    10And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more,

  • 1 Cor 14:23
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    23So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

  • 1 Cor 14:31
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    31For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

  • 1 Cor 12:27-28
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    27Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it.

    28And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14Everything you do should be done in love.

  • 1 Cor 13:1-2
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    1The Way of Love If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

    2And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

  • Rom 12:6
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    6And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

  • 1 Cor 1:7
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    7so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 12:4
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    4For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

  • 1 Cor 1:5
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    5For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge–

  • Jude 1:20
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    20But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,

  • 1 Tim 4:15
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    15Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress.

  • 1 Thess 3:12
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    12And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you,