1 Corinthians 12
¹ Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
² Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols, howsoever ye might be led.
³ Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.
⁴ Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
⁵ And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.
⁶ And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all.
⁷ But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal.
⁸ For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:
⁹ to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit;
¹⁰ and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits: to another divers kinds of tongues; and to another the interpretation of tongues:
¹¹ but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.
¹² For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
¹³ For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.
¹⁴ For the body is not one member, but many.
¹⁵ If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.
¹⁶ And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.
¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
¹⁸ But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.
¹⁹ And if they were all one member, where were the body?
²⁰ But now they are many members, but one body.
²¹ And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
²² Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:
²³ and those parts of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness;
²⁴ whereas our comely parts have no need: but God tempered the body together, giving more abundant honour to that part which lacked;
²⁵ that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
²⁶ And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
²⁷ Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.
²⁸ And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.
²⁹ Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
³⁰ have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
³¹ But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And a still more excellent way shew I unto you.