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Spiritual Gifts

¹ Now ^(a)concerning^[a] spiritual gifts,^[b] brothers,^[c] I do not want you to be uninformed. ² You know that ^(b)when you were pagans ^(c)you were led astray to ^(d)mute idols, however you were led. ³ Therefore I want you to understand that ^(e)no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is ^(f)accursed!" and ^(g)no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.

⁴ Now ^(h)there are varieties of gifts, but ⁽ⁱ⁾the same Spirit; ⁵ and ^(j)there are varieties of service, but ^(k)the same Lord; ⁶ and there are varieties of activities, but it is ^(l)the same God who empowers them all in everyone. ^7 (m)To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ⁸ For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of ⁽ⁿ⁾wisdom, and to another the utterance of ^(o)knowledge according to the same Spirit, ⁹ to another ^(p)faith by the same Spirit, to another ^(q)gifts of healing by the one Spirit, ¹⁰ to another ^(r)the working of miracles, to another ^(s)prophecy, to another ^(t)the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another ^(u)various kinds of tongues, to another ^(v)the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, ^(w)who apportions to each one individually ^(x)as he wills.

One Body with Many Members

¹² For just as ^(y)the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, ^(z)so it is with Christ. ¹³ For ^(aa)in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—^(ab)Jews or Greeks, slaves^[d] or free—and ^(ac)all were made to drink of one Spirit.

¹⁴ For the body does not consist of one member but of many. ¹⁵ 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. ¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ 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? ¹⁸ But as it is, ^(ad)God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, ^(ae)as he chose. ¹⁹ If all were a single member, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts,^[e] yet one body.

²¹ 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." ²² On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, ²³ 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, ²⁴ which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, ²⁵ that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. ²⁶ If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, ^(af)all rejoice together.

²⁷ Now ^(ag)you are the body of Christ and individually ^(ah)members of it. ²⁸ And ^(ai)God has appointed in the church first ^(aj)apostles, second ^(ak)prophets, third teachers, then ^(al)miracles, then ^(am)gifts of healing, ^(an)helping, ^(ao)administrating, and ^(ap)various kinds of tongues. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? ³⁰ Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? ³¹ But ^(aq)earnestly desire the higher gifts.

And I will show you a still more excellent way.