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.
2. Anyone who speaks in a language he had not known before doesn't speak to people. He speaks only to God. In fact, no one understands that person. What he says with his spirit remains a mystery.
3. But anyone who prophesies speaks to people. He says things to make them stronger, to give them hope and to comfort them.
4. Those who speak in other languages build themselves up. But those who prophesy build up the church.