1 Corinthians 14:12 - Easy To Read Version12 It is the same with you. You want spiritual gifts very much. So try most to have those things that help the church grow stronger. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 176912 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition12 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. Féach an chaibidilAmerican 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. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible12 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. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version12 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. Féach an chaibidilDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version12 So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church. Féach an chaibidil |
So, brothers and sisters, what should you do? When you meet together, one person has a song, another person has a teaching, another person has a new truth from God, another person speaks in a \{different\} language, and another person interprets that language. The purpose of all these things should be to help \{the church\} grow strong.
I would like all of you \{to have the gift of\} speaking in \{different\} languages. But more, I want you to prophesy. The person that prophesies is greater than the person that can only speak in \{different\} languages. But the person speaking in \{different\} languages is the same as the person that prophesies if he can also interpret those languages. Then the church can be helped \{by what he says\}.