1 Corinthians 14:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹² So also you #– #since you are zealous  for spiritual gifts,  , seek to excel in building up the church.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² So it is with yourselves; since you are so eager and ambitious to possess spiritual endowments and manifestations of the [Holy] Spirit, [concentrate on] striving to excel and to abound [in them] in ways that will build up the church.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.

Common English Bible

¹² The same holds true for you: since you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, use your ambition to try to work toward being the best at building up the church.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² So it is with you also. And since you are zealous for what is spiritual, seek the edification of the Church, so that you may abound.

1 Corinthians 14:12 Cross References

Romans 14:19

So then, let us pursue what promotes peace  and what builds up one another.

1 Corinthians 12:31

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

1 Corinthians 12:7

A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person  for the common good:

1 Corinthians 14:1

Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, and especially that you may prophesy.

1 Corinthians 14:13

Therefore the person who speaks in a tongue should pray that he can interpret.

1 Corinthians 14:26

What then, brothers and sisters? Whenever you come together, each one  has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation.  Everything is to be done for building up.

1 Corinthians 14:5

I wish all of you spoke in tongues,  but even more that you prophesied. The person who prophesies is greater than the person who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be built up.

Titus 2:14

He gave himself for us  to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession,  eager to do good works.