1 Corinthians 12

¹Now concerning spiritual matters, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be ignorant.

²You know that when you were Gentiles, whenever you were being led to idols—those mute things—you were being led astray.

³Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking in union with the spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed,” and no one is able to say, “Jesus is Lord,” unless in union with the holy spirit.

⁴Now there are gifts being distributed to people, but it is the same spirit.

⁵And there are ministries being distributed to people, and yet it is the same Lord.

⁶And there are energizings being distributed to people, but it is the same God who energizes all of them in all people.

⁷Now to each one the manifestation of the spirit is given for the common good.

⁸For to one is given through the spirit a message of wisdom, and to another a message of knowledge by means of the same spirit,

⁹to a different one trust by the same spirit, and to another gifts of healings by the one spirit,

¹⁰and to another energizings of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to a different one various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

¹¹Now all these are energized by the one and the same Spirit, distributing to each one individually just as he purposes.

¹²For as the body is one, and has many parts, and all the parts of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the body of Christ.

¹³For we were all baptized in one spirit into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slave or free, and were all made to drink of one spirit.

¹⁴For the body is not one part, but many.

¹⁵If the foot says, “Because I am not the hand, I am not part of the body,” that does not mean it is not part of the body.

¹⁶And if the ear says, “Because I am not the eye, I am not part of the body,” that does not mean it is not part of the body.

¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?

¹⁸But now God has set the parts, each one of them, in the body, just where he wanted them.

¹⁹And if they were all the same part, where would the body be?

²⁰But now there are many parts, but one body.

²¹And the eye is not able to say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

²²On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are much more necessary,

²³and those parts of the body we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our unrespectable parts have more abundant respect,

²⁴whereas our respectable parts have no need. But God has combined the parts of the body, giving more abundant honor to that part that lacked,

²⁵so that there is no division in the body, but that the members have the same concern for one another.

²⁶And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it, or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

²⁷Now you all are the body of Christ, and individually parts of it.

²⁸And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, various kinds of tongues.

²⁹Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

³⁰Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

³¹But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And yet I now show you a more excellent way.