Verse List for 1 COR 14:12

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OET (OET-RV) and it’s the same with all of you. Because you all want spiritual things in order to help grow the assembly, then strive to have many of them.

OET-LV Thus also you _all, because zealous you _all _are of _spirits, because/for the building of _the assembly, be _seeking that you _all _may _be _being _plentiful.

ULT So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts for the building up of the church, seek that you would abound in them.

UST So, here is what you must do: because you desire that the Holy Spirit specially empowers you, you should strive more and more to use what the Holy Spirit empowers you to do to help the group of believers become stronger.

BSB & MSB It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel [in gifts that] build up the church.

BLB So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, search for the edification of the church, that you should cause it to abound.

AICNT In this way also you, since you are zealous for spirits,[fn] seek for the building up of the church so that you may abound.

OEB And so with you; since you are striving for spiritual gifts, be eager to excel in such as will build up the faith of the church.

WEBBE & WMBB So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

NET It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

LSV so you also, since you are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, seek for the building up of the Assembly that you may abound;

FBV It's the same for you—if you are keen to have spiritual gifts, try to have many of those that will build up the church.

TCNT It is the same with you. Since you earnestly desire spiritual gifts, seek to abound in them for the edification of the church.

T4T So I say this to you: Because you are eager to have the abilities that God’s Spirit gives, earnestly desire those abilities that will do the most to help all the believers in the congregation.

LEB In this way also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek for the edification of the church, in order that you may abound.

BBE So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

Moff So with yourselves; since your heart is set on possessing "spirits," make the edification of the church your aim in this desire to excel.

Wymth Therefore, seeing that you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them so as to benefit the Church.

ASV So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.

DRA So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church.

YLT so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;

Drby Thus ye also, since ye are desirous of spirits, seek that ye may abound for the edification of the assembly.

RV So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.
(So also ye/you_all, since ye/you_all are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye/you_all may abound unto the edifying of the church.)

SLT So also ye, since ye are zealous of spirits, for the building up of the church seek that ye may abound.

Wbstr Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts , seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.

KJB-1769 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
(Even so ye/you_all, forasmuch as ye/you_all are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye/you_all may excell to the edifying of the church.)

KJB-1611 Euen so ye, forasmuch as yee are zealous [fn]of spirituall gifts, seeke that yee may excell to the edifying of the Church.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and footnotes)

Bshps Euen so, forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes seke that ye may excell, vnto the edifiyng of the Churche.
(Even so, forasmuch as ye/you_all covet spiritual gifts seek that ye/you_all may excell, unto the edifiing of the Churche.)

Gnva Euen so, forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes, seeke that ye may excell vnto the edifying of the Church.
(Even so, forasmuch as ye/you_all covet spiritual gifts, seek that ye/you_all may excell unto the edifying of the Church.)

Cvdl Eue so ye (for so moch as ye couet spirituall giftes (seke yt ye maye haue plentye to the edifienge of the congregacion.
(Eve so ye/you_all (for so much as ye/you_all covet spiritual gifts (seke it ye/you_all may have plentye to the edifienge of the congregation.)

TNT Even so ye (for as moche as ye covet spretuall giftes) seke that ye maye have plentye vnto the edifyinge of the congregacion.
(Even so ye/you_all (for as much as ye/you_all covet spretuall gifts) seek that ye/you_all may have plentye unto the edifyinge of the congregation.)

Wycl So ye, for ye ben loueris of spiritis, seke ye that ye be plenteuouse to edificacioun of the chirche.
(So ye/you_all, for ye/you_all been loveris of spirits, seek ye/you_all that ye/you_all be plenteous/plentiful to edification of the church.)

Luth Also auch ihr, sintemal ihr euch fleißiget der geistlichen Gaben, trachtet danach, daß ihr die Gemeinde bessert, auf daß ihr alles reichlich habet.
(So also you(pl)/their/her, since you(pl)/their/her you diligent/hardworkingt the/of_the clergy gifts, strives/aspires after/thereafter/then, that you(pl)/their/her the community/congregation improves, on/in/to that you(pl)/their/her all/everything plenty/abundant have.)

ClVg Sic et vos, quoniam æmulatores estis spirituum, ad ædificationem ecclesiæ quærite ut abundetis.[fn]
(So and you(pl), since/because jealouses you_are of_spirits, to building assemblies/churches seek as abundetis.)

SR-GNT Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ἐπεὶ ζηλωταί ἐστε πνευμάτων, πρὸς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ζητεῖτε ἵνα περισσεύητε. ‡

UGNT οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ἐπεὶ ζηλωταί ἐστε πνευμάτων, πρὸς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ζητεῖτε ἵνα περισσεύητε.

SBL-GNT οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ἐπεὶ ζηλωταί ἐστε πνευμάτων, πρὸς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τῆς ἐκκλησίας ζητεῖτε ἵνα περισσεύητε.

RP-GNT Οὕτως καὶ ὑμεῖς, ἐπεὶ ζηλωταί ἐστε πνευμάτων, πρὸς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τῆς ἐκκλησίας ζητεῖτε ἵνα περισσεύητε.

TC-GNT οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς, ἐπεὶ ζηλωταί ἐστε πνευμάτων, πρὸς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τῆς ἐκκλησίας ζητεῖτε ἵνα περισσεύητε.

Verse List for 1 COR 14:12

Verse List for 1 COR 14:12