1 Corintios 14:12

12 Así también vosotros; pues que anheláis espirituales dones, procurad ser excelentes 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 Tantos géneros de voces, por ejemplo, hay en el mundo, y nada hay mudo;

11 Mas si yo ignorare el valor de la voz, seré bárbaro al que habla, y el que habla será bárbaro para mí.

12 Así también vosotros; pues que anheláis espirituales dones, procurad ser excelentes para la edificación de la iglesia.

13 Por lo cual, el que habla lengua extraña, pida que la interprete.

14 Porque si yo orare en lengua desconocida, mi espíritu ora; mas mi entendimiento es sin fruto.