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1 Corinthians 12

¹Now brothers and sisters, I don't want you to be ignorant about spirituality. ²You know taht when you were gentiles, you were led here and there by idols that could not speak. ³So I'm letting you know that nobody speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed" and nobody can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.

⁴There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. ⁵And there are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. ⁶And there are different kinds of activities, but the same God who accomplishes everything in everyone. ⁷The visible action of the Spirit is given to each one for the common good. ⁸To one is given the a message of wisdom, but to another a message of knowledge by the same Spirit. ⁹To another faith by the same Spirit, but to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit. ¹⁰To another is given the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another recognition of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another interpretation of tongues. ¹¹But one and the same Spirit accomplishes all of these things, dividing them up as He wills.

¹²Because just as the body is one but has many parts, and all the body's parts are one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³For you were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether you were Jews or gentiles, slaves or free before, and all of you have drunk of one Spirit. ¹⁴For the body is also not one part, but many. ¹⁵If the foot should say, "Because I am not the hand, I am not part of the body, that wouldn't make it not a part of the body, would it? ¹⁶And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not part of the body, that wouldn't mean it was not part of the body, would it?" ¹⁷If all the body was an I, what would happen to hearing? If the whole body was hearing, what about smell? ¹⁸But now God has placed each of the parts one by one in the body in just the way he wanted to. ¹⁹But if all were one part, where would the body be? ²⁰But now there are many parts, but one body. ²¹The eye can't say to the hand, "I have no need of you!" or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you!" ²²But the parts of the body that are weaker are so much more necessary, ²³And the ones that are thought of no honor are treated with even greater honor, and those that are least attractive are given greater attractiveness, ²⁴but our more respectable parts don't need this honor. But God has so arranged the body so that those parts that lack it get greater honor. ²⁵He does this so that there might not be any factions in the body but that the various parts might care for one another as themselves. ²⁶And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer along with it. If one part is given special glory, all the parts rejoice with it.

²⁷Now you are the body of Christ, and members of it. ²⁸And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, help and guidance, varieties of tongues. ²⁹Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all work miracles, do they? ³⁰Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they? ³¹But you are seeking the better gifts.

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