An even more excellent way than procuring the gifts

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SUMMARY: First Corinthians chapters 12, 13, and 14 form a unity in the mind of the Apostle Paul and in the intentions of the Holy Spirit. In chapter 12, Paul establishes the importance of knowing about the gifts, warns against falling into pagan beliefs, and emphasizes the interdependence of the different members of the Church. In verse 31 of chapter 12, Paul says to seek the best gifts, but he shows a more excellent way in chapter 13, which is love. Paul praises love as above any gift and establishes that the character of Christ and the fruit of the Holy Spirit must be central. In chapter 13, Paul talks about the beauty of love and how it never fails. In verse 13 of chapter 13, Paul says that prophecies will cease, faith will cease, hope will cease, but the only thing that will remain is love. Paul emphasizes that everything we do must show the love of Christ, and the gifts have to be bathed in that character of Jesus Christ.

First Corinthians chapters 12, 13 and 14 form a unity in the mind of the Apostle Paul and in the intentions of the Holy Spirit. But if we read these three chapters, we see that there is a natural progression from one to the other, and that these three chapters concerning the Ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Church are as a whole that allow us to have a very balanced and very complete idea. of this important topic.

In chapter 12 of First Corinthians, the apostle Paul establishes the importance of knowing about the gifts, establishes that the gifts, with all their diversity and their manifestations, come from the same source and a single spirit, the Holy Spirit, that Spirit, if it is from God, recognizes that Jesus Christ is Lord, that he is the Son of God, is the mediator between God and man, and has Jesus Christ, and the Father, and the Triune Spirit as its foundation; Any other spirit than the Spirit that acknowledges Christ as Lord and Savior is not a spirit worthy of us having relationship with him in any way, and so the apostle Paul makes this clear.

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