1 Corintios 14:12

12 Por eso ustedes, ya que tanto ambicionan dones espirituales, procuren que estos abunden para la edificación de la iglesia.

1 Corintios 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 14:12

Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts,
&c.] Gr. "of spirits"; that is, "of the gifts of the Spirit", as the Syriac version renders it; and we rightly, "spiritual gifts"; the extraordinary gifts of the Spirit, for which the apostle does not blame them; these being what he had before exhorted them to covet earnestly, and zealously affect and desire: but then he further advises,

seek that ye may excel, to the edifying of the church:
above all, be desirous of such gifts, and of excelling in them, and abounding in the exercise of them, which may be most profitable and edifying to the members of the church; and what these were, and in what manner to be used, he had before signified: the Alexandrian copy reads, seek that ye may prophesy.

1 Corintios 14:12 In-Context

10 ¡Quién sabe cuántos idiomas hay en el mundo, y ninguno carece de sentido!
11 Pero si no capto el sentido de lo que alguien dice, seré como un extranjero para el que me habla, y él lo será para mí.
12 Por eso ustedes, ya que tanto ambicionan dones espirituales, procuren que estos abunden para la edificación de la iglesia.
13 Por esta razón, el que habla en lenguas pida en oración el don de interpretar lo que diga.
14 Porque si yo oro en lenguas, mi espíritu ora, pero mi entendimiento no se beneficia en nada.
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