1 Corinthians 12
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1Now I do not want you to lack da'as concerning the things of the Ruach Hakodesh, Achim b'Moshiach.
2You have da'as that when you WERE Goyim,#12:2 T.N. i.e., you are no longer heathen pagans somehow you were influenced and led astray to the ELILIM ILLEMIM (Dumb idols, idols incapable of speech).#12:2 Hab 2:18-19
3Therefore, I make known to you that no one speaking by the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem says, “Al Yehoshua ki Cherem hu” (a curse of the ban of destruction is on Yehoshua), and no one is able to say, “Yehoshua hu HaAdon” except by the Ruach Hakodesh.
4There are different kinds of matanot (gifts), but the same Ruach Hakodesh.
5There are different avodot hakodesh (ministries), but the one Adonoi.
6And there are a variety of activities [of the Ruach Hakodesh], but the same G-d working all in all.
7But to each is given the disclosure of the Ruach Hakodesh for benefit:
8To one through the Ruach Hakodesh is given a dvar chochmah (a dvar of wisdom);#12:8 Ac 16:7 to another, according to the same Ruach Hakodesh, a dvar da'as (word of knowledge);#12:8 Ac 5:3
9To another, by the same Ruach Hakodesh, emunah (faith);#12:9 Mt 17:20-21 to another, by the one Ruach Hakodesh, matanot harippuy (gifts of healing);#12:9 refuah; Ac 3:6-16
10to another those of cholel niflaot (accomplishing miracles).#12:10 Ex 4:21; Jn 11:42-43 And to another divrei hanevu'ah (words of prophecy),#12:10 1Kgs 17:1 and to another discernings (being about to make a nafka mina distinction) of ruchot (spirits),#12:10 1Kgs 22:22 to another kinds of leshonot (tongues),#12:10 Ac 2:4 and to another, pitronim (interpretations) of leshonot (tongues).#12:10 1C 14:13
11All these things are activated by the one and same Ruach Hakodesh, distributing individually to each one as He determines.
12For even as the body is echad, and has many evarim (members), and all the evarim (members) of the body, though many, are one body, so is Moshiach.
13For also in one Ruach Hakodesh we were all given mikveh tevilah into one body, whether Yehudim or Yevanim (Greeks), whether avadim (slaves) or bnei Chorin (freedman), and all were given to drink, as it were, from one Ruach Hakodesh.
14For the body is not one, but many evarim (members).
15If the regel (foot) says, “Because I am not a yad (hand), I am not of the body,” that would not make it any less one of the evarim of the body.
16And if the ozen (ear) says, “Because I am no ayin (eye), I am not of the body,” that would not make it any less one of the evarim of the body.
17If the whole body were an ayin (eye), where would be the hearing? If the whole body were hearing, where would be the smelling?
18But now Hashem set the evarim (members), each one of them, in the body according to His ratzon (will), as He wanted.
19And if all were all one evar (member), where would the body be?
20As it is, though there are many evarim (members), there is but one body.
21And the ayin (eye) is not able to say to the yad (hand), “I do not have need of you.” Or, again, the rosh (head), speaking to the raglayim (feet), is not to say, “I have no need of you.”
22Just the opposite, the evarim of the body appearing to be weaker are vital.
23And those evarim of the body which we presume to be dishonorable, on these we clothe with even more honor, and our parts with lesser kibbud (respect, honor) are treated with greater.
24Whereas, our evarim with greater kibbud have no need of more. However, Hashem has so composed the achdus yichudim (unit, harmony of unifications) of the body, giving the superior kibbud to the inferior,
25lest there be schisms#12:25 1C 1:10; 11:18 in the body. But the evarim should have the same gemilut chasadim (deeds of lovingkindness and caring) for one another.
26And when one evar (member) has tza'ar (pain and suffering), all the evarim (members) have tza'ar with it; or one evar has the aliyah of kibbud, all the evarim has simcha with it.
27Now you are Moshiachʼs body#12:27 Gn 47:18-19 and individually evarim of it.
28Now Hashem placed some in the Adat HaMoshiach (community of Moshiach), in the Kehillah, rishon (first): shlichim, second, nevi'im, third, morim (teachers), then those of cholel nifla'aot (accomplishing miracles),#12:28 Ex 4:21 then matanot harippuy (gifts of healing), then matanot of helps, then manhigut ruchanit (spiritual leadership, administration), kinds of leshonot.
29Surely not all are shlichim? Surely not all are nevi'im? Surely not all are rabbinical morim? Surely not all are those cholel nifa'ot (accomplishing miracles)?
30Surely not all have matanot harippuy (gifts of healing)? Surely not all speak in leshonot?#12:30 cf. 1C 14:23,26 Surely not all have the pitron (interpretation) of leshonot?
31But earnestly desire the greater matanot (gifts) [of the Ruach Hakodesh]. And yet now I show you a more feste derech.#12:31 Rav Sha'ul now turns to the need for balance. Not that he is trying to terminate the miraculous in Moshiachʼs Kehillah [a futile endeavor!], but that he is showing the need for the fruit of the Ruach Hakodesh to balance His gifts, especially in an environment where pride and carnality have quenched ahavah, which is the Jn 3:16 center of Moshiachʼs saving histalkus (passing), the death of Moshiach in midst of his Redemptive mission on the analogy of Moses dying before he crosses into the Promised Land.
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1 Corinthians 12
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The Question About Gifts of the Holy Spirit
1Brothers and sisters, I want you to know how the Holy Spirit works. 2You know that before you were believers, you were somehow drawn away to worship idols that couldn’t even speak. 3So I want you to know that anyone who’s speaking with the help of God’s Spirit never says, “May Jesus be cursed.” And without the help of the Holy Spirit, no one can say, “Jesus is Lord.”
4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5There are different ways to serve, but they all come from the same Lord. 6There are different ways the Spirit works, but the same God is working in all these ways and in every person.
7The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way for the good of all. 8To one person, the Spirit gives a message of wisdom. To another, the same Spirit gives a message of knowledge. 9To another the same Spirit gives faith, and to another gifts of healing. 10To another he gives the power to do miracles, or to prophesy, or to tell spirits apart, or to speak in different kinds of languages they hadn’t known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages. 11All these gifts are produced by one and the same Spirit. He gives gifts to each person, just as he decides.
One Body but Many Parts
12The body has many parts, but all of its many parts make up that one body. It’s the same with Christ. 13We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink. 14So the body is not made up of just one part. It has many parts.
15If the foot said, “I’m not a hand, so I don’t belong to the body,” that wouldn’t make it not part of the body anymore. 16And if the ear said, “I’m not an eye, so I don’t belong to the body,” that wouldn’t make it not part of the body anymore. 17If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell? 18God has placed each part in the body just as he wanted it to be. 19If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body? 20As it is, there are many parts, but there’s only one body.
21The eye can’t say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” 22It’s just the opposite! The parts of the body that seem to be weaker are the ones we can’t do without. 23Any parts that we think are less attractive, we take special care to dress up. Some parts are private, and we treat them with modesty, 24which the other parts don’t need. When God put the body together, he gave more honor to the parts that didn’t have any. 25He did that so the parts of the body wouldn’t divide into opposing groups. Instead, they would all take care of one another. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is honored, every part shares in its joy.
27You are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, guiding, and speaking in different kinds of languages. 29Is everyone an apostle? Is everyone a prophet? Is everyone a teacher? Do all work miracles? 30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in languages they hadn’t known before? Do all explain what is said in those languages? 31Above all, you should want the greater gifts, but now let me show you the best way of all.
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