"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek Yahweh. Look to [the] rock [from which] you were hewn, and to [the] excavation of [the] pit [from which] you were quarried.

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness--even the righteousness [that is] by faith.

So then, let us pursue {what promotes peace} and {what edifies one another}.

being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.

But you, O man of God, flee from these [things], and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patient endurance, gentleness.

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

Dear friend, do not imitate [what is] evil, but [what is] good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

Desire

Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.

Blessed [is] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly [places] in Christ,

Prophesy

But the one who prophesies speaks to people edification and encouragement and consolation.

And if I have [the gift of] prophecy and I know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that [I can] remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

Then Yahweh went down in the cloud and spoke to him, and he took away the spirit that [was] on him, and he {put it} on the seventy elders. And as soon as the spirit was resting on them they prophesied, but they did not do it again.

but having different gifts according to the grace given to us: if [it is] prophecy, according to the proportion of [his] faith;

Do not despise prophecies,

Do not neglect the gift [that is] in you, that was granted to you through prophecy with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

General references

All your [actions] must be done in love.

Do not despise prophecies,