1 Corinthians 12:1
Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
1 Corinthians 12:2
You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
1 Corinthians 12:3
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.
1 Corinthians 12:4
There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:5
There are different ministries, but the same Lord.
1 Corinthians 12:6
There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
1 Corinthians 12:7
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
1 Corinthians 12:8
To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:9
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12:10
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.
1 Corinthians 12:11
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.
1 Corinthians 12:12
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.
1 Corinthians 12:13
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.
1 Corinthians 12:14
For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.
1 Corinthians 12:15
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.
1 Corinthians 12:16
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.
1 Corinthians 12:17
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?
1 Corinthians 12:18
But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.
1 Corinthians 12:19
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
1 Corinthians 12:20
As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
1 Corinthians 12:21
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.”
1 Corinthians 12:22
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
1 Corinthians 12:23
and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,
1 Corinthians 12:24
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,
1 Corinthians 12:25
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.
1 Corinthians 12:26
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
1 Corinthians 12:27
Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
1 Corinthians 12:28
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.
1 Corinthians 12:29
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
1 Corinthians 12:30
Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
1 Corinthians 12:31
But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.