1 Corinthians Chapter 12 of 16 about 3 min read

1 Corinthians 12

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Verse 1. Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.

Verse 2. You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

Verse 3. Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

Verse 4. There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

Verse 5. There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

Verse 6. There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.

Verse 7. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

Verse 8. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

Verse 9. to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,

Verse 10. to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

Verse 11. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

Verse 12. The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

Verse 13. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

Verse 14. For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

Verse 15. 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.

Verse 16. 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.

Verse 17. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

Verse 18. But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

Verse 19. If they were all one part, where would the body be?

Verse 20. As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

Verse 21. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”

Verse 22. On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

Verse 23. and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

Verse 24. whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

Verse 25. so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

Verse 26. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

Verse 27. Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

Verse 28. And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

Verse 29. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Verse 30. Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

Verse 31. But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.