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OET (OET-RV) Aim to show love, and eagerly strive for spiritual things—especially the ability to prophesy,
OET-LV Be_pursuing the love, and be_being_zealous the for_spiritual matters, but more that you_all_may_be_prophesying.
SR-GNT Διώκετε τὴν ἀγάπην, ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ πνευματικά, μᾶλλον δὲ ἵνα προφητεύητε. ‡
(Diōkete taʸn agapaʸn, zaʸloute de ta pneumatika, mallon de hina profaʸteuaʸte.)
Key: yellow:verbs, orange:accusative/object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Pursue love, but be zealous for the spiritual gifts, but especially that you might prophesy.
UST You should seek to love others always. Also, you should eagerly seek that the Holy Spirit specially empowers you, particularly that you might be able to proclaim what God says.
BSB § Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
BLB Earnestly pursue love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, and especially that you might prophesy.
AICNT Pursue love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
OEB Seek this love earnestly, and strive for spiritual gifts, above all for the gift of preaching.
WEB Follow after love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
NET Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
LSV Pursue love, and earnestly seek the spiritual things, and rather that you may prophesy,
FBV Make love your most important objective! But also do your best to gain spiritual gifts, especially the ability to speak God's message.[fn]
14:1 Literally, “prophesy,” but in the sense of telling the good news rather than foretelling the future. The terms “speaks God's message,” “God's prophetic message,” or “speaks for God” are used here.
TCNT Pursue love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but even more that you may prophesy.
T4T You must want to love others more than you want anything else. But you should also eagerly desire the abilities that God’s Spirit gives to believers. And you should desire most of all to have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God [MTY].
LEB Pursue love, and strive for spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
BBE Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.
MOF No MOF 1COR book available
ASV Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
DRA Follow after charity, be zealous for spiritual gifts; but rather that you may prophesy.
YLT Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,
DBY Follow after love, and be emulous of spiritual [manifestations], but rather that ye may prophesy.
RV Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
WBS Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts , but rather that ye may prophesy.
KJB Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
(Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye/you_all may prophesy. )
BB Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie.
(Follow after loue, and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye/you_all may prophesie.)
GNV Followe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes, and rather that ye may prophecie.
(Followe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes, and rather that ye/you_all may prophecie. )
CB Laboure for loue. Couet spirituall giftes, but specially that ye maye prophecye.
(Laboure for love. Couet spirituall giftes, but specially that ye/you_all may prophecye.)
TNT Labour for love and covet spretuall giftes: and most chefly for to prophesye.
WYC Sue ye charite, loue ye spiritual thingis, but more that ye prophecien.
(Pursue ye/you_all charity, love ye/you_all spiritual things, but more that ye/you_all prophecien.)
LUT Strebet nach der Liebe! Fleißiget euch der geistlichen Gaben, am meisten aber, daß ihr weissagen möget.
(Strebet nach the Liebe! Fleißiget you the geistlichen Gaben, in/at/on_the meisten but, that her weissagen möget.)
CLV Sectamini caritatem, æmulamini spiritualia: magis autem ut prophetetis.
(Sectamini caritatem, æmulamini spiritualia: magis however as prophetetis. )
UGNT διώκετε τὴν ἀγάπην; ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ πνευματικά, μᾶλλον δὲ ἵνα προφητεύητε.
(diōkete taʸn agapaʸn? zaʸloute de ta pneumatika, mallon de hina profaʸteuaʸte.)
SBL-GNT Διώκετε τὴν ἀγάπην, ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ πνευματικά, μᾶλλον δὲ ἵνα προφητεύητε.
(Diōkete taʸn agapaʸn, zaʸloute de ta pneumatika, mallon de hina profaʸteuaʸte. )
TC-GNT Διώκετε τὴν ἀγάπην· ζηλοῦτε δὲ τὰ πνευματικά, μᾶλλον δὲ ἵνα προφητεύητε.
(Diōkete taʸn agapaʸn; zaʸloute de ta pneumatika, mallon de hina profaʸteuaʸte. )
Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).
14:1 Of all the special abilities the Spirit gives (see study note on 12:1–14:40), Paul encourages the Corinthians to seek the ability to prophesy (see 12:10) because of its greater benefit to the church.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
διώκετε
/be/_pursuing
Here Paul speaks as if he wants the Corinthians to run after and try to capture love. He speaks in this way because he wants them to act in love as persistently as someone who “pursues” someone or something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this figure of speech with a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: “Consistently act in” or “Seek after”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
τὴν ἀγάπην
¬the love
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind love, you can express the idea by using a verb such as “love.” Paul implies that the object of love is other people. Alternate translation: “loving others”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
ζηλοῦτε δὲ
/be/_being_zealous and
Here, but introduces the next topic that Paul wishes to speak about. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express but and think that Paul is contrasting Pursue love and be zealous for spiritual gifts with another word that introduces a new topic, or you could start a new sentence here. If you use the second alternate translation, you may need to add a period before it. Alternate translation: “and be zealous for” or “Be zealous for”
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
ζηλοῦτε
/be/_being_zealous
Here, to be zealous for something means that one vigorously seeks after it or strongly desires it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express be zealous for with a comparable expression. Alternate translation: “set your heart on” or “seek after”
μᾶλλον
more
Here, especially could mean: (1) that prophecy is the best gift to be zealous for. Alternate translation: “above all” (2) that prophecy is better than spiritual gifts. Alternate translation: “more than that,”