12:1 With regard to spiritual gifts, 3 brothers and sisters, 4 I do not want you to be uninformed. 5
14:1 Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
1 tn Or “evaluates.”
2 tn Or “is evaluated” (i.e., “is subject to evaluation”); Grk “he himself is discerned,” that is, the person without the Spirit does not understand the person with the Spirit, particularly in relation to the life of faith.
3 tn Grk “spiritual things.”
4 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.
5 tn Grk “ignorant.”