1 Corinthians 12:31 — King James Version← Study notes
“But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.”
1 Corinthians 12:31 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Corinthians 12:3113 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:31
“Desire earnestly,” says he, “the better gifts. And a still more excellent way show I unto you.” Now by saying this, he gently hinted that they were the cause of their own receiving the lesser gifts, and had it in their power, if they would, to receive the greater. For when he says, “desire earnestly,” he demands from them all diligence and desire for spiritual things. And he said not, the greater gifts, but “the better,” i.e., the more useful, those which would profit. And…
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