Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 12:31
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1 Corinthians12:31
31 But covet earnestly the best gifts : And yet shew I unto you a more excellent way
The word may be translated Indicatively, Ye do covet the best gifts; or as we translate it Imperatively, Covet ye, I would have you be [illegible: 1 letter]ovetous to excel in the best gifts, that is, those which will make you most useful and profitable to the Church of God.
But yet (saith he) gifts are not the best things, the habits of saving Grace a[illegible: 1 letter]e much more valuable than Gi[illegible: 1 letter]ts; Love to God and your Neighbour, ought to be by you preferred before Gifts. To a discourse of which, the Apostle thus shortly passeth.
Marginal references: Chap. 14.1.
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