1 Corinthians 12 — GMV

12 Verse 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. ^{Verse 2} You know that when you were pagans you were somehow enticed and led astray to mute idols. ^{Verse 3} Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can call Jesus Lord except by the Holy Spirit. ^{Verse 4} Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; ^{Verse 5} and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord; ^{Verse 6} and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers all of them in everyone. ^{Verse 7} A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the benefit of all. ^{Verse 8} To one person there is given a word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another a word of knowledge according to the same Spirit, ^{Verse 9} to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit, ^{Verse 10} to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. ^{Verse 11} All these gifts are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who distributes to each person individually just as he wills. ^{Verse 12} For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members constitute one body even though they are many, so it is with Christ. ^{Verse 13} For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we have all been given to drink into one Spirit. ^{Verse 14} Even so the body does not consist of one member, but many. ^{Verse 15} If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” is it for that reason not a part of the body? ^{Verse 16} And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” is it for that reason not a part of the body? ^{Verse 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? ^{Verse 18} But as it is, God has placed each one of the members in the body just as he desired. ^{Verse 19} If they were all one member, where would the body be? ^{Verse 20} As it is, there are many members, yet one body. ^{Verse 21} The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of yoʋ,” nor in turn can the head say to the feet, “I have no need of you.” ^{Verse 22} On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are essential, ^{Verse 23} and the members of the body that we consider to be less honorable are clothed with more abundant honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, ^{Verse 24} but our presentable parts have no need of it. Instead, God has put the body together, giving more abundant honor to the part that lacked it, ^{Verse 25} so that there would be no divisions in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for one another. ^{Verse 26} If one member suffers, all the other members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the other members rejoice with it. ^{Verse 27} Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it. ^{Verse 28} And those whom God has appointed in the church are as follows: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, next miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, leading, and various kinds of tongues. ^{Verse 29} Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? ^{Verse 30} Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? ^{Verse 31} No, but earnestly desire the better gifts.