1 Corinthians 12:31

covet earnestly. Greek. zeloo. See Acts 7:9.

best. The texts read "greater".

more excellent. Literally according to (Greek. kata. App-104.) excellence. See Romans 7:13.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 12:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But covet earnestly - Greek “Be zealous for” Ζηλοῦτε Zēloute. This word, however, may be either in the indicative mood (ye do covet earnest...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(14) But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. (14) He teaches those who are ambitious and envious, a certai...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Paul now elaborates an illustration from the body and its members. Here we have organic unity with diversity of function and interdependence of the w...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

31. Seek after the more excellent gifts. It might also be rendered — Value highly; and it would not suit in with the passage, though it ma...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1984 GIFTS AND GRACES COMPARED 1 Corinthians 12:31 . Covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way ....
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. But covet earnestly - To covet signifies to desire earnestly. This...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But covet earnestly the best gifts.— But ye contend earnestly about the best gifts. "Ye contend one with another whose particular gift is best, a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. Covet earnestly, х zeeloute ( G2206 )] - 'emulously des...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(e) Spiritual Gifts In the early Church various powers, faculties, and graces were bestowed on individual Christians by the Holy Spirit. Some of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Covet ( RV 'desire') earnestly the best (RV 'greater') gifts ] The lowest have their place, but it is right to aim at possessing the higher. A...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But covet oarnestly, — Better, But earnestly seek the better gifts. All this argument is not meant to check ardour and to damp enthusiasm. The Sp...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 18 CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS This Epistle is well fitted to disabuse our minds of the idea that the primitive Church was in all respects...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Each Contributing His Part 1 Corinthians 12:20-31 The hand and the foot obviously stand in need of each other; but the same interdependence mar...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Now the apostle turned from the corrective section of his letter to the constructive as he proceeded to deal with the spiritualities which negative t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(27) Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. (28) And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdl...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS BLESSED God the Spirit! suffer my poor soul never to be ignorant of spiritual gifts! I know, indeed, 0 Lord, through thy divine quickeni...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But covet earnestly the best gifts ,.... Which may be rendered either indicatively as an assertion, "ye do covet earnestly the best gifts": of proph...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more e...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And God hath set in the church first apostles Who planted the gospel in the heathen nations, being honoured with an office of the highest distincti...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Lord's supper has been first considered, being the most important of all gatherings, because it is for the united expression of the affections of...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

On Spiritual Gifts. A. D. 57. 27 Now ye ar...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But covet earnestly the best gifts: the word may be translated indicatively: Ye do covet the best gifts; or as we translate it, imperatively: Covet...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Spiritual Gifts For The Well-being of Christ and His Body (12:1-14:33). Paul now begins his reply to their question about spiritual gifts ('concer...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'But desire earnestly (or 'you desire earnestly') the greater gifts. And moreover I show to you a most excellent way.' At first sight this seems to...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 12:1 .— Gifts is a translators’ supplement; right in fact, as 1 Corinthians 12:4-11 show; slightly too precise in...
Scofield Reference Notes

more excellent Chapter 13 continues the pneumatika begun in Chapter 12. Gifts are good, but only if ministered in love. ( 1 Corinthians 13:...
Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 12:31 ; 1 Corinthians 13:1 St. Paul has been treating of spiritual gifts as they then existed in the Church of tongues, of proph...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 12:1-2 . Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto th...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 12:12-13 . For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 12:1 . Now concerning spiritual gifts, and gifts promised to old men, to young men, and to handmaids, according to Joel 2:28 , I wo...
The Biblical Illustrator

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Spiritual gifts The particular gifts to which St. Paul was referring w...
The Biblical Illustrator

And God hath set some in the Church, first apostles. Help-work The words which I have taken as my text occupy, you will remember, a somewhat ex...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 12:1-46 .— 1 Corinthians 14:1-46 .— ON SPIRITUAL GIFTS , AND THE DANGER WHICH AROSE FROM THE ABUSE...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The spiritual meaning of the comparison:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But covet earnestly the best gifts; and yet show I unto you a more excellent way. Beginning with v. 12, Paul had given a detailed account of the i...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:1 ; 1 Corinthians 14:1 ; 1 Corinthians 14:39 ; 1 Corinthians 8:1 ; Hebrews 11:4 ; Luke 10:42 ; Matthew 5:6 ; Philippians 3:8...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

Concerning Spiritual Gifts 1 Corinthians 12:1-31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A contrast between the spiritual and the carnal in Abram and Lot ( Ge...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye covet earnestly the best gifts — And they are worth your pursuit, though but few of you can attain them. But there is a far more excellent gift...

³¹ But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 12:31

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 12:31