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.
2. I will explain why. Those who have the gift of speaking in a different language are not speaking to people. They are speaking to God. No one understands them—they are speaking secret things through the Spirit.
3. But those who prophesy are speaking to people. They help people grow stronger in faith, and they give encouragement and comfort.
4. Those who speak in a different language are helping only themselves. But those who prophesy are helping the whole church.