1 Corinthians 12

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware. You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 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. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit, and varieties of services, but the same Lord, and varieties of workings, but the same God who works all things in all. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. For to one is given through the Spirit a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the one Spirit, to another workings of power, to another prophecy, to another discernments of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each individually just as he wills. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so also is Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and all were given one Spirit to drink. For the body is not one member but many. If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it does not for that reason cease to belong to the body. And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it does not for that reason cease to belong to the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body as he wished. If all were one member, where would the body be? But now there are many members, yet one body. 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.” On the contrary, the members of the body that seem weaker are indispensable, and those we think less honorable in the body we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, while our presentable parts have no need of it. But God has composed the body, giving greater honor to the member that lacked it, so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all the members suffer together; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice together. Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, forms of help, leadership, and various kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way.

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