1 Corinthians 12:31 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

³¹ Strive for the greater gifts. Yet I can still show you a way beyond all comparison the best.

⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

⁴² But only a few are necessary, or rather one. Mary has chosen the good part, and it shall not be taken away from her."

¹ With reference to food that has been offered in sacrifice to idols-We are aware that all of us have knowledge! Knowledge breeds conceit, while love builds up character.

¹ Though I speak in the 'tongues' of men, or even of angels, yet have not Love, I have become mere echoing brass, or a clanging cymbal!

¹ Seek this Love earnestly, and strive for spiritual gifts, above all for the gift of preaching.

³⁹ Therefore, my Brothers, strive for the gift of preaching, and yet do not forbid speaking in 'tongues.'

⁸ More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him;

⁴ Faith made the sacrifice which Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain's, and won him renown as a righteous man, God himself establishing his renown by accepting his gifts; and it is by the example of his faith that Abel, though dead, still speaks.