Study Desk

but our presentable parts do not have need of this. Yet God composed the body by giving more abundant honor to the part which lacked it,

in order that there not be a division in the body, but the members would have the same concern for one another.

But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a ringing brass gong or a clashing cymbal.

And if I have the gift of prophecy and I know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

And if I parcel out all my possessions, and if I hand over my body in order that I will be burned, but do not have love, it benefits me nothing.

it does not rejoice at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth,

Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will pass away. If there are tongues, they will cease. If there is knowledge, it will pass away.

but whenever the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.

For now we see through a mirror indirectly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know completely, just as I have also been completely known.

And now these three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Pursue love, and strive for spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, because no one understands, but by the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

But the one who prophesies speaks to people edification and encouragement and consolation.

The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.

Now I want you all to speak with tongues, but even more that you may prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks with tongues, unless he interprets, in order that the church may receive edification.

But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, how do I benefit you, unless I speak to you either with a revelation or with knowledge or with a prophecy or with a teaching?

For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unproductive.

Therefore what should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will also sing praise with my mind.

For indeed you are giving thanks well, but the other person is not edified.