Godliness

When we talk about ethics we talk about spiritual gifts. The spiritual gifts are perfections. The main characteristic of the spiritual gifts is the progressivity: "godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life wich is now, and of that wich is to come", this thought speaks about the idea of the progressive work, the progressive life, the progressive improvement, a life is the preparation for another. This way or mood of thinking can only be perceived by the eye of the mind, the guide of god.This is not fate, this is security in God. This way of thinking, of preparing ourselves, of working progressively, is the true essence of eternal life, the life in glory.

The Spiritual Gift of Justification

The doctrine of Justification is understood by knowing that justice is necessary but not enough. Justice is a form of error because the spiritual gift of counsel is precise and accure. The practice of the virtue as Aristotle teach to us is an heresy, because happiness is an apparent good, the true good for men is the eternal life not happiness. The kingdom of God means dominion, empire of the divine perfections, the kingdom of god is not about virtue but perfections, "Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect", Matthew 5:48. To live according to the divine law we need a special help because justice is not sufficient, the strength of the soul is not enough to reach salvation, we need more, and this moore is the Justification,a special help, a gift from God.

But earnestly desire the greater gifts, 1 Corinthians 12:31

To understand the phrase "But earnestly desire the greater gifts" from 1 Corinthians 12:31, we must understand what means to live according to the spirit (Romans 8:5).
God is the origin of the perfections we observe in the cosmos, to these perfections we call them spiritual gifts.
The gifts are lived because we grow. They are way, that is, we all have a ranking of rectitude, of mercy. 
They are progressive and are linked together, an example of a bond: Blessed are the pure in heart because they will see God, Matthew 5: 8, in this example a gift in this case integrity returns contemplative activity, the law of return acts upon our actions (You reap what your sow), the spiritual gifts return spiritual gifts as in this case. 
The spiritual gifts are progressive because we bear fruits: the fruits of the spirit, Galatians 5:22-23 (love, joy, peace, forbearans, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control); and the works of the flesh: Galatians 519-21 (wrath, strife, seditions, envyngs, murders, drunkeness, orgies, adultery, fornication, witchcraft, hatred, litigations, jealousy).
Tomas Aqunas makes a distinction between the spiritual gifts of the will: mercy, rectitude, continuous improvement, constancy (fear of the lord); and the spiritual gifts of the understanding: good discernment, wisdom and spiritual gift of knowledge.
The search of wisdom and the progressive thinking lead us to the greater gifts: the eternal life, the perseverance, the fruits of the spirit, and the spiritual gifts of understanding.
http://www.quintoevangelio.com.ar/en/articles/item/104-can-we-do-profecy-and-when-a-profecy-is-good.html

Spiritual Gift of Knowledge

"He opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures" Luke 24:45. Open the mind in the Bible means to receive the 7 spiritual gifts of the Holy Spirit, the integrity, and in this particular case "to understand the scriptures" this refers to the spiritual gift of knowledge. Through the spiritual gift of knowledge we can access to the knowledge of the divine things, the knowledge of the Word of God, the inspire Wisdom.
 Is the proper gift of the spiritual man. This passage of the Bible is related with: "The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man make judgements about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man´s judgment" 1 Corinthians 2:14-15
To understand the spiritual gift of knowledge we must know the triple division of man: body, soul and spirit. This triple division give raise to 3 types of man: the natural man (prevails the body), the rational man (prevails the soul) and the spiritual man (prevails the spirit).
The concept of reason explains an intermediate state between good and evil, the concept of reason is related with the natural and rational man, also the faculties of the soul: imagination and fantasy, instead the spiritual gift of knowledge is related with the intuition, the inspiration, the creativity, and the progressive thinking.
The objective of reason are the temporary things instead the objective of the knowledge are the eternal and inmutable things.
http://www.quintoevangelio.com.ar/en/articles/item/238-mind.html