1 Corinthians Chapter 12 (NASB)
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Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I do not want you to be unaware.
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You know that when you were pagans, [you were] led astray to the mute idols, however you were led.
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Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, 'Jesus is accursed'; and no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except by the Holy Spirit.
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Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.
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There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all [persons].
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But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
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For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;
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to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
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and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another [various] kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
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But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.
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For even as the body is one and [yet] has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
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For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
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For the body is not one member, but many.
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If the foot says, 'Because I am not a hand, I am not [a part] of the body,' it is not for this reason any the less [a part] of the body.
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And if the ear says, 'Because I am not an eye, I am not [a part] of the body,' it is not for this reason any the less [a part] of the body.
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If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
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But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired.
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If they were all one member, where would the body be?
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But now there are many members, but one body.
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And the eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you'; or again the head to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'
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On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
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and those [members] of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable,
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whereas our more presentable members have no need [of it]. But God has [so] composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that [member] which lacked,
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so that there may be no division in the body, but [that] the members may have the same care for one another.
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And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if [one] member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
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Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it.
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And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, [various] kinds of tongues.
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All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not [workers of] miracles, are they?
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All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they?
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But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way.
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