Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Zealous of spiritual gifts (zhlwtai pneumatwn). Zealots for spirits. So it looked.
That ye may abound (ina perisseuhte). Purpose clause with the object by prolepsis stated beforehand "for the edification of the church."
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 14:12:
Acts 2:4
Acts 10:46
Galatians 1:14
Titus 2:14
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