1 Corinthians 14:12
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.”
ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
πνεῦμα
of spiritual gifts,
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πνεῦμα
Spirit, breath, wind. Pneuma. God is Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, God living inside every believer. He leads guides comforts and empowers.
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ζητέω
do seek
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ζητέω
To seek, to look for, to desire. Zeteo. Seek first the kingdom of God. Seeking is active not passive. The kingdom does not come to those who wait passively. Seek it.
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οἰκοδομή
edification
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οἰκοδομή
Building up, edification, construction. Oikodome. Let us do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Every word spoken in the church should build not destroy.
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περισσεύω
you may exceed.
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περισσεύω
to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel
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ἐπεί
since
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ἐπεί
thereupon, i.e. since (of time or cause)
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εἰμί
you are
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ζηλωτής
zealous
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ζηλωτής
a "zealot"
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