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NASB | 1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue [this] love [with eagerness, make it your goal], yet earnestly desire and cultivate the spiritual gifts [to be used by believers for the benefit of the church], but especially that you may prophesy [to foretell the future, to speak a new message from God to the people]. |
Bible Question: Why does it say in 1 Cor 14: 2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit. |
Bible Answer: Hi There. The fourteenth chapter of this letter was written to direct the believers in ways to maintain decency and order in the use of there spiritual gifts. Verse two: What cannot be understood can never edify. But he who prophesies (as that is what the apostle favours and encourages second to love in this chapter) spoke to the advantage of his hearers as they would better understand be comforted and was to there spiritual advantage. PLEASE NOTE It is never prudent to isolate a passage and try and make sense of it. One must always read it in context with the letter and chapter. Ps my wife (the beat of my heart) asks your name and where you are from of course you can remain anonymous. Regards Gan |