Verse 1

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

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 12:1 : 1 Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
  • 1 Cor 14:39 : 39 So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.
  • 1 Cor 16:14 : 14 Everything you do should be done in love.
  • Heb 12:14 : 14 Do Not Reject God’s Warning Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord.
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Spiritual Blessings in Christ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.
  • 1 Thess 5:20 : 20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt.
  • 1 Tim 4:14 : 14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you.
  • 1 Tim 5:10 : 10 and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress– as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works.
  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
  • 1 Cor 12:31-13:9 : 31 But you should be eager for the greater gifts.And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison. 1 The 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. 2 And 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. 3 If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit. 4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful. 6 It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part,
  • 1 Cor 13:13 : 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
  • 1 Cor 14:3-5 : 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. 5 I 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.
  • 1 Cor 14:24-25 : 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all. 25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring,“God is really among you.”
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.
  • Prov 15:9 : 9 The LORD abhors the way of the wicked, but he will love those who pursue righteousness.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 There is Hope for the Future“Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the LORD! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug!
  • 1 Pet 3:11-13 : 11 And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord’s face is against those who do evil. 13 For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good?
  • 2 Pet 1:7 : 7 to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.
  • 3 John 1:11 : 11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God.
  • Num 11:25-29 : 25 And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again. 26 Eldad and Medad But two men remained in the camp; one’s name was Eldad, and the other’s name was Medad. And the Spirit rested on them.(Now they were among those in the registration, but had not gone to the tabernacle.) So they prophesied in the camp. 27 And a young man ran and told Moses,“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!” 28 Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said,“My lord Moses, stop them!” 29 Moses said to him,“Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”
  • Rom 9:30 : 30 Israel’s Rejection Culpable What shall we say then?– that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith,
  • Rom 12:6 : 6 And 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.
  • Rom 14:19 : 19 So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.