New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Corinthians 14:12
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It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
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Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
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So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.
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So also you⁺, since you⁺ are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek for the edification of the church, so that you⁺ may abound.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Corinthians 14
10 Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
11 If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.
12 It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up the church.
13 Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.
14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.
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