KJVFollow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritualgifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,
Follow after love, and be emulous of spiritual [manifestations], but rather that ye may prophesy.
1 Corinthians — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
1. Covet spiritual gifts. Lest the Corinthians should object that they wronged God, if they despised his gifts, the Apostle anticipates this objection by declaring, that it was not his design to draw them away even from those gifts that they had abused -- nay rather he commends the pursuit…