“But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way…”
{1 Corinthians 12:31 KJV}
In this chapter, The Apostle Paul is addressing The Church at Corinth about spiritual gifts—diverse abilities given by The–Holy–Spirit to believers for the edification of The Church. These gifts include wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing, prophecy, discernment, tongues, and interpretation of tongues. Paul emphasizes that these gifts are distributed by The–Holy–Spirit according to His will, and each believer has a unique role in The–Body–Of–Christ, like parts of a body working together. No gift is superior to another, and all are meant to serve the common good…
Verse Breakdown:
🕊️ “Covet earnestly the best gifts”—The word covet here doesn’t imply selfish desire but rather an eager, zealous pursuit. Paul encourages believers to desire the best or greater spiritual gifts—those that most effectively build up The Church. While all gifts are valuable, some, like prophecy, are particularly effective for edifying others because they communicate ~GOD’s~ Truth clearly. This instruction exhorts a call to prioritize gifts that promote unity and spiritual growth within The Church…
🕊️ “And yet shew I unto you a more excellent way”—Paul transitions to something even more important than spiritual gifts. The [more excellent way] refers to love. Paul is setting the stage to explain that while spiritual gifts are valuable, they are temporary and incomplete without love. Love is the foundation that gives meaning and purpose to the exercise of any gift…
Paul explains that without love, even the most impressive spiritual gifts—like speaking in tongues, prophecy, or sacrificial acts—are meaningless. Love is the [more excellent way] because it is eternal, selfless, and the essence of ~GOD’s~ character…
Unlike spiritual gifts, which will cease when ~JESUS~ Christ of Nazareth returns, love endures forever…
Application:
Seek spiritual gifts that benefit The Church, particularly those that edify others…
Recognize that love surpasses all gifts in importance. Gifts are tools, but love is the attitude and motivation that makes their use effective and pleasing to ~GOD~…
Pursue love in all actions, ensuring that spiritual gifts are exercised with humility, kindness, and a focus on the well–being of others’…
Summary:
This verse urges us as believers in ~JESUS~ Christ of Nazareth to value and seek the most edifying spiritual gifts while pointing to love as the ultimate way to live out our faith. It’s a call to balance zeal for spiritual abilities with a heart grounded in LOVE…
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