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Concerning Spiritual Gifts
Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
Therefore I want you to know 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.
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
Unity and Diversity in the Body
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
One Body with Many Members
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
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.
And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
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.
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?
If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?
But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
If they were all one part, where would the body be?
If all were a single member, where would the body be?
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,
while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,
so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.
And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?