1 Corinthians 12 : 1 (HCSB)
About matters of the spirit: brothers, I do not want you to be unaware.
1 Corinthians 12 : 2 (HCSB)
You know how, when you were pagans, you were led to dumb idols-- being led astray.
1 Corinthians 12 : 3 (HCSB)
Therefore I am informing you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12 : 4 (HCSB)
Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12 : 5 (HCSB)
There are different ministries, but the same Lord.
1 Corinthians 12 : 6 (HCSB)
And there are different activities, but the same God is active in everyone and everything.
1 Corinthians 12 : 7 (HCSB)
A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person to produce what is beneficial:
1 Corinthians 12 : 8 (HCSB)
to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12 : 9 (HCSB)
to another, faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
1 Corinthians 12 : 10 (HCSB)
to another, the performing of miracles, to another, prophecy, to another, distinguishing between spirits, to another, different kinds of languages, to another, interpretation of languages.
1 Corinthians 12 : 11 (HCSB)
But one and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each one as He wills.
1 Corinthians 12 : 12 (HCSB)
For as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body-- so also is Christ.
1 Corinthians 12 : 13 (HCSB)
For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body-- whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-- and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12 : 14 (HCSB)
So the body is not one part but many.
1 Corinthians 12 : 15 (HCSB)
If the foot should say, "Because I'm not a hand, I don't belong to the body," in spite of this it still belongs to the body.
1 Corinthians 12 : 16 (HCSB)
And if the ear should say, "Because I'm not an eye, I don't belong to the body," in spite of this it still belongs to the body.
1 Corinthians 12 : 17 (HCSB)
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?
1 Corinthians 12 : 18 (HCSB)
But now God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body just as He wanted.
1 Corinthians 12 : 19 (HCSB)
And if they were all the same part, where would the body be?
1 Corinthians 12 : 20 (HCSB)
Now there are many parts, yet one body.
1 Corinthians 12 : 21 (HCSB)
So the eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" nor again the head to the feet, "I don't need you!"
1 Corinthians 12 : 22 (HCSB)
On the contrary, all the more, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary.
1 Corinthians 12 : 23 (HCSB)
And those parts of the body that we think to be less honorable, we clothe these with greater honor, and our unpresentable parts have a better presentation.
1 Corinthians 12 : 24 (HCSB)
But our presentable parts have no need *of clothing . Instead, God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the less honorable,
1 Corinthians 12 : 25 (HCSB)
so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.
1 Corinthians 12 : 26 (HCSB)
So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians 12 : 27 (HCSB)
Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.
1 Corinthians 12 : 28 (HCSB)
And God has placed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next, miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, managing, various kinds of languages.
1 Corinthians 12 : 29 (HCSB)
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do miracles?
1 Corinthians 12 : 30 (HCSB)
Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in languages? Do all interpret?
1 Corinthians 12 : 31 (HCSB)
But desire the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.
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