1 Corinthians 12:31

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 13:1-14:1 : 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, 10 but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways. 12 For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
  • Matt 5:6 : 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
  • Luke 10:42 : 42 but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her.”
  • 1 Cor 8:1 : 1 Food Sacrificed to Idols With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that“we all have knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things– indeed, I regard them as dung!– that I may gain Christ,
  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

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  • 1 Cor 14:12-13
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    12It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

    13So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

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

  • 1 Cor 12:29-30
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    29Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?

    30Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

  • 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 13:1-4
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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.

    3If 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.

    4Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

  • 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 13:13
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    13And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

  • 1 Cor 14:5
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    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.

  • Luke 12:31
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    31Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

  • 1 Cor 12:8-10
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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.

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

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

  • Col 3:14
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    14And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond.

  • Rom 12:9-10
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    9Conduct in Love Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good.

    10Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another.

  • Phil 1:9-10
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    9And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight

    10so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,

  • 1 Pet 4:8
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    8Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

  • 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 10:31
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    31So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

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

  • 1 Cor 14:18-20
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    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.

  • 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 12:23-24
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    23and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity,

    24but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

  • 1 Cor 14:26
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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.

  • 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.

  • Phil 4:17
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    17I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account.

  • 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 8:7-8
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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.

    8I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.

  • 1 Cor 13:8
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    8Love 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.

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

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

  • Heb 6:9
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    9But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

  • 2 Pet 1:7
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    7to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love.

  • 1 Thess 4:1
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    1A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

  • Phil 3:15
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    15Therefore let those of us who are“perfect” embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways.

  • Num 18:29
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    29From all your gifts you must offer up every raised offering due the LORD, from all the best of it, and the holiest part of it.’

  • 2 Cor 9:5
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    5Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do.