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1 Corinthians 12:31 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. "
1 Corinthians 12:31
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Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
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1 Corinthians 12:1
"Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would ➔ not have you ignorant."
1 Corinthians 12:2
"Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led."
1 Corinthians 12:3
"Wherefore I give ➔ you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost."
1 Corinthians 12:4
"Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit."
1 Corinthians 12:5
"And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord."
1 Corinthians 12:6
"And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all."
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