ESV
KJV
1. Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts,] but rather that ye may prophesy.

ASV
1. Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

ERVEN
1. Love should be the goal of your life, but you should also want to have the gifts that come from the Spirit. And the gift you should want most is to be able to prophesy.

NLT
1. Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives-- especially the ability to prophesy.

WEB
1. Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

NET
1. Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

NLV
1. You should want to have this love. You should want the gifts of the Holy Spirit and most of all to be able to speak God's Word.

HCSB
1. Pursue love and desire spiritual gifts, and above all that you may prophesy.

YLT
1. Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

LITV
1. Pursue love, and seek eagerly the spiritual things, but rather that you may prophesy.

RV
1. Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual {cf15i gifts}, but rather that ye may prophesy.

NCV
1. You should seek after love, and you should truly want to have the spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

MKJV
1. Follow after charity and desire spiritual things, but rather that you may prophesy.

AKJV
1. Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy.

LXXEN



KJV
1. Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts,] but rather that ye may prophesy.

AMP
1. EAGERLY PURSUE and seek to acquire [this] love [make it your aim, your great quest]; and earnestly desire and cultivate the spiritual endowments (gifts), especially that you may prophesy (interpret the divine will and purpose in inspired preaching and teaching).

KJVP
1. Follow after G1377 V-PAM-2P charity G26 N-ASF , and G1161 CONJ desire G2206 V-PAM-2P spiritual G4152 A-APN [ gifts , ] but G1161 CONJ rather G3123 ADV that G2443 CONJ ye may prophesy G4395 V-PAS-2P .

YLT
1. Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

ASV
1. Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.

WEB
1. Follow after love, and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

NASB
1. Pursue love, but strive eagerly for the spiritual gifts, above all that you may prophesy.

ESV
1. Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

RV
1. Follow after love; yet desire earnestly spiritual {cf15i gifts}, but rather that ye may prophesy.

RSV
1. Make love your aim, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

NKJV
1. Pursue love, and desire spiritual [gifts,] but especially that you may prophesy.

MKJV
1. Follow after charity and desire spiritual things, but rather that you may prophesy.

AKJV
1. Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy.

NRSV
1. Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts, and especially that you may prophesy.

NIV
1. Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

NIRV
1. Follow the way of love. You should also want the gifts the Holy Spirit gives. Most of all, you should want the gift of prophecy.

NLT
1. Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives-- especially the ability to prophesy.

MSG
1. Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it--because it does. Give yourselves to the gifts God gives you. Most of all, try to proclaim his truth.

GNB
1. It is love, then, that you should strive for. Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God's message.

NET
1. Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

ERVEN
1. Love should be the goal of your life, but you should also want to have the gifts that come from the Spirit. And the gift you should want most is to be able to prophesy.