1 Corinthians 12:31 - Compare All Versions

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Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts. But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.

But desire  the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.

But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.

You are Christ’s body—that’s who you are! You must never forget this. Only as you accept your part of that body does your “part” mean anything. You’re familiar with some of the parts that God has formed in his church, which is his “body”: apostles prophets teachers miracle workers healers helpers organizers those who pray in tongues. But it’s obvious by now, isn’t it, that Christ’s church is a complete Body and not a gigantic, unidimensional Part? It’s not all Apostle, not all Prophet, not all Miracle Worker, not all Healer, not all Prayer in Tongues, not all Interpreter of Tongues. And yet some of you keep competing for so-called “important” parts. But now I want to lay out a far better way for you.

But earnestly desire the greater gifts. A nd yet, I am going to show you a far better way.

But earnestly desire and strive for the greater gifts [if acquiring them is going to be your goal]. A nd yet I will show you a still more excellent way [one of the choicest graces and the highest of them all: unselfish love].

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