1 Cor-12
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v1
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
v2
You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
v3
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
v4
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
v5
and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
v6
and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
v7
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
v8
For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
v9
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
v10
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
v11
All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.One Body with Many Members
v12
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
v13
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
v14
For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
v15
If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
v16
And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.
v17
If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?
v18
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
v19
If all were a single member, where would the body be?
v20
As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
v21
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
v22
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
v23
and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,
v24
which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,
v25
that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
v26
If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
v27
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
v28
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
v29
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
v30
Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
v31
But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.