1st Corinthians 12
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CHAPTER 12
1But of spiritual things, brethren, I will not that ye unknow.
2For ye know, that when ye were heathen men, how ye were led going to dumb maumets [or dumb simulacra].
3Therefore I make known to you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God, saith departing from Jesus; and no man may say the Lord Jesus [is], but in the Holy Ghost.
4And diverse graces there be, but it is all one Spirit;
5and diverse services there be, but it is all one Lord;
6and diverse workings there be, but it is all one God, that worketh all things in all things.
7And to each man the showing of Spirit is given to profit.
8And the word of wisdom is given to one by Spirit; to another the word of knowing, by the same Spirit;
9faith to another, in the same Spirit; to another, grace of healings [or of healths], in one Spirit;
10to another, the working of virtues; to another, prophecy; to another, very knowing [or discretion] of spirits; to another, kinds of languages [or tongues]; to another, expounding [or interpreting] of words.
11And one and the same Spirit worketh all these things, parting to each by themselves as he will.
12For as there is one body, and hath many members, and all the members of the body when those [or they] be many, be one body, so also Christ.
13For in one Spirit all we be baptized into one body, either Jews, either heathen, either servants, either free; and all we be filled with drink [or have drunk] in one Spirit.
14For the body is not one member, but many.
15If the foot shall say, For I am not the hand, I am not of the body; not therefore it is not of the body.
16And if the ear saith, For I am not the eye, I am not of the body; not therefore it is not of the body.
17If all the body is the eye, where is [the] hearing? and if all the body is hearing, where is [the] smelling?
18But now God hath set [or put] members, and each of them in the body, as he would.
19And if all were one member, where were the body?
20But now there be many members, but one body.
21And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need to thy works; or again the head to the feet, Ye be not necessary to me.
22But much more those that be seen to be the lower members of the body, [or the more sick], be more needful;
23and those that we guess to be the unworthier [or the unnobler] members of the body, to them we give more honour; and those members that be unhonest, have more honesty.
24For our honest members have need of none; but God tempered the body, giving more worship to it, to whom it failed,
25that debate be not in the body, but that the members be busy into the same thing each for other [or for each other].
26And if one member suffereth any-thing, all members suffer therewith; either if one member joyeth [or glorieth], all members joy together.
27And ye be the body of Christ, and members of member.
28But God set some men in the church, first apostles, the second time prophets [or the second prophets], the third teachers, afterward virtues, afterward graces of healings, helpings, governings, kinds of languages, interpretations of words.
29Whether all [be] apostles? whether all [be] prophets? whether all teachers? whether all virtues?
30whether all have grace of healings? whether all speak with languages? whether all expound [or interpret]?
31But pursue ye the better ghostly gifts. And yet I show to you a more excellent, [or worthy], way.
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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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