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1 Corinthians 12

¹Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

²Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led.

³Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.

⁴Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

⁵And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.

⁶And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all.

⁷But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal.

⁸For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:

⁹to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit;

¹⁰and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:

¹¹but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.

¹²For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

¹³For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.

¹⁴For the body is not one member, but many.

¹⁵If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.

¹⁶And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.

¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

¹⁸But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.

¹⁹And if they were all one member, where were the body?

²⁰But now they are many members, but one body.

²¹And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

²²Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:

²³and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honorable, upon these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;

²⁴whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked;

²⁵that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

²⁶And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

²⁷Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

²⁸And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.

²⁹Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

³⁰have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

³¹But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And moreover a most excellent way show I unto you.