Verse 1

Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  Tilgi den kjærlighet og lengt etter åndelige gaver, men mest av alt at dere må profetere.

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  Søk aktivt etter kjærlighet, og streb etter åndelige gaver, spesielt for å profetere.

• Norsk King James

  Kapitaliser kjærlighet, og søk åndelige gaver, men helst at dere profeterer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Streb etter kjærligheten, og søk de åndelige gavene, men først og fremst at dere kan profetere.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  Jag efter kjærligheten, doch streb efter de åndelige, men mest efter å tale profetisk.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  Streb etter kjærligheten, og lengt etter de åndelige gaver, men især etter å profetere.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Jakt etter kjærlighet, og strev etter åndelige gaver, men mest av alt at dere kan profetere.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Følg kjærligheten og begjær de åndelige gavene, men se fortrinnsvis til at dere profeterer.

• gpt4.5-preview

  Streb etter kjærligheten og søk ivrig etter de åndelige gavene, men særlig at dere kan tale profetisk.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Streb etter kjærligheten og søk ivrig etter de åndelige gavene, men særlig at dere kan tale profetisk.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Jakten på kjærligheten, og streb etter de åndelige gavene, men fremfor alt at dere kan profetere.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Pursue love, and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  Søk etter kjærligheten og vær ivrige etter de åndelige gavene, men spesielt etter å kunne profetere.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Higer efter Kjærligheden, tragter efter de aandelige Gaver, men meest, at I maatte prophetere.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Søk kjærligheten, og ønsk dere åndelige gaver, særlig at dere kan tale profetisk.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Følg kjærligheten, og søk med iver etter åndelige gaver, men spesielt at dere kan profetere.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Jag etter kjærligheten, og søk ivrig etter de åndelige gavene, men fremfor alt at dere kan profetere.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Følg kjærligheten, men strev også etter de åndelige gavene, særlig at dere kan profetere.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Streb etter kjærligheten, og ønsk å få de gavene Ånden gir, men mest av alt at dere kan profetere.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Labour for love and covet spretuall giftes: and most chefly forto prophesye.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Laboure for loue. Couet spirituall giftes, but specially that ye maye prophecye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
• 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 Therefore, brethren, desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking with tongues.
• 1 Cor 16:14 : 14 Let all that you do be done with love.
• Heb 12:14 : 14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
• Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ:
• 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 Do not despise prophecies.
• 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
• 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 Well reported for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has lodged strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
• 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, O man of God, flee these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.
• 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
• 1 Cor 12:31-13:9 : 31 But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way. 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love is patient, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not boast, is not proud, 5 Does not behave itself rudely, does not seek its own, is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrongs; 6 Does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
• 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
• 1 Cor 14:3-5 : 3 But he who prophesies speaks to men for edification, exhortation, and comfort. 4 He who speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I wish that you all spoke with tongues, but rather that you prophesied; for greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, that the church may receive edification.
• 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is judged by all. 25 And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.
• 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.
• Prov 15:9 : 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
• Prov 21:21 : 21 He who follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.
• Isa 51:1 : 1 Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.
• 1 Pet 3:11-13 : 11 Let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. 13 And who is he who will harm you if you are followers of what is good?
• 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness love.
• 3 John 1:11 : 11 Beloved, do not follow what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: but he who does evil has not seen God.
• Num 11:25-29 : 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it to the seventy elders; and it came to pass, that when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But two of the men remained in the camp, the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the spirit rested upon them, and they were of those that were written, but did not go out to the tabernacle, and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said to him, Are you envious for my sake? Would God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!
• Rom 9:30 : 30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith.
• Rom 12:6 : 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
• Rom 14:19 : 19 Therefore let us pursue the things that lead to peace and the building up of one another.