So it is with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, try to excel in those that build up the church — Paul redirects the Corinthians' competitive zeal toward prophetic utterance. Their eagerness (zêló) is not condemned but reoriented from status-seeking toward oikodomeó (edification). Ambition itself is morally neutral; its aim determines its righteousness.

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