1 Corinthians Chapter 12 (ESV)
undefined
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
undefined
You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
undefined
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.
undefined
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
undefined
and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
undefined
and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
undefined
To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
undefined
For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
undefined
to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
undefined
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.
undefined
All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
undefined
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.
undefined
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
undefined
For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
undefined
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.
undefined
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.
undefined
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?
undefined
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
undefined
If all were a single member, where would the body be?
undefined
As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
undefined
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.”
undefined
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
undefined
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,
undefined
which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,
undefined
that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
undefined
If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
undefined
Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
undefined
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.
undefined
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
undefined
Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
undefined
But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
Deepen Your Study
Use AI-powered tools to understand this passage better
Ask AI About This Chapter Search Related Verses