1 Corinthians 12:31

WEB

³¹But earnestly desire the best gifts. Moreover, I show a most excellent way to you.

KJV

³¹But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

BSB

³¹But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

FBV

³¹But you should really want to have the most significant gifts.^[+] So now I will show you a far better way.

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Extra References

1 Corinthians 13:1

¹If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

1 Corinthians 14:39

³⁹Therefore, brothers, desire earnestly to prophesy, and don’t forbid speaking with other languages.

Matthew 5:6

⁶^[+] Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

⁸Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

1 Corinthians 8:1

¹Now concerning things sacrificed to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.

Luke 10:42

⁴²but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”

Hebrews 11:4

⁴By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.