World English Bible

1 Corinthians 14:12

“So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.”

Verse in context — 1 Corinthians 14

There are, it may be, so many kinds of sounds in the world, and none of them is without meaning.

If then I don't know the meaning of the sound, I would be to him who speaks a foreigner, and he who speaks would be a foreigner to me.

So also you, since you are zealous for spiritual gifts, seek that you may abound to the building up of the assembly.

Therefore let him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret.

For if I pray in another language, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.

Addressing church problems and teaching about love and spiritual gifts.