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Spiritual Gifts: Unity in Diversity
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:
You know that when you were still pagans, you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols.
So I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God will curse Jesus, and no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.
There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord.
There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.
God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.
A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,
The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing.
He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages,d while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.
But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
One Body with Many Parts
The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.
Unity and Diversity in One Body
For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part.
For in fact the body is not one member but many.
If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body.
If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?
And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body?
And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?
If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything?
If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?
But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it.
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.
How strange a body would be if it had only one part!
And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.
But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.
The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.”
And 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.”
In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary.
No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen,
And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty,
while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity.
but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it,
This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other.
If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.
And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.
Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church:
first are apostles,
second are prophets,
third are teachers,
then those who do miracles,
those who have the gift of healing,
those who can help others,
those who have the gift of leadership,
those who speak in unknown languages.
first are apostles,
second are prophets,
third are teachers,
then those who do miracles,
those who have the gift of healing,
those who can help others,
those who have the gift of leadership,
those who speak in unknown languages.
And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.
Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we all have the power to do miracles?
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?
Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of course not!
Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?