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¹ And concerning spirituals, my brethren, I would have you know,² that ye have been pagans; and have been, without distinction, led away after idols, in which there is no speech.³ I therefore inform you, that there is no man, that speaketh by the Spirit of God, who saith that Jesus is accursed: neither can a man say that Jesus is the Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.⁴ Now there are diversities of gifts; but the Spirit is one.⁵ And there are diversities of ministrations; but the Lord is one.⁶ And there are diversities of energies; but God, who worketh all in all men, is one.⁷ And to each man, there is given a manifestation of the Spirit, that it may aid him.⁸ To one, by the Spirit, there is given a word of wisdom; and to another, by the same Spirit, there is given a word of knowledge:⁹ to another, by the same Spirit, faith: to another, by the same Spirit, gifts of healing:¹⁰ 10 and to another, miracles: and to another, prophecy: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, [fn] kinds of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But all these, worketh that one Spirit; and he distributeth to every one as he pleaseth.

¹² For as the body is one, and in it are many members; and all those members of the body, though many, are one body; so also is the Messiah.¹³ For all of us, likewise, by one Spirit, have been baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free; and all of us have drinked in one Spirit.¹⁴ For a body also, is not one member, but many.¹⁵ For if the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it, on that account, not of the body?¹⁶ Or if the ear should say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it, on that account, not of the body?¹⁷ And if the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? Or if it were all hearing, where would be the smelling?¹⁸ But now hath God placed every one of the members in the body, according to his pleasure.¹⁹ And if they were all one member, where would be the body?²⁰ But now they are many members, yet but one body.²¹ The eye cannot say to the hand, Thou art not needful to me: nor can the head say to the feet, Ye are not needful to me.²² But rather, those members which are accounted feeble, are indispensable.²³ And those which we think dishonorable in the body, on them we heap more honor; and those that are uncomely, on them we put the more decoration.²⁴ For the honorable members in us, have no need of honor: for God hath tempered the body, and given more honor to the member which is inferior;²⁵ that there might be no disunion in the body, but that all the members, equally, might care for one another;²⁶ so that, when one member is in pain, they will all sympathize; and if one member is exalted, all the members will be exalted.

²⁷ Now ye are the body of Messiah, and members in your place.²⁸ 28 For God hath placed in his church, first, legates; after them, prophets; after them, teachers; after them, workers of miracles; after them, the gifts of healing, and helpers, and leaders, and [fn] kinds of tongues. ²⁹ Are they all legates? Are they all prophets? Are they all teachers? Are they all workers of miracles?³⁰ Have all of them the gifts of healing? Do they all speak with tongues? Or do they all interpret?³¹ And if ye are emulous of the superior gifts, on the other hand, I show to you a better way.