Chapter Corinthians 12
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have
you ignorant.
2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these
dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and
that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5And there
are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6And there are
diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit
withal.
8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another
the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9To another faith by the same
Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10To another
the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of
spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the
interpretation of tongues:
11But all these worketh that one and the
selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
12For as the
body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body,
being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13For by one Spirit
are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,
whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one
Spirit.
14For the body is not one member, but many.
15If the foot
shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore
not of the body?
16And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I
am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
17If the whole body
were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole
were hearing, where were the smelling?
18But now hath God
set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
19And if they were all one member, where were the body?
20But
now are they many members, yet but one body.
21And the eye cannot
say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I
have no need of you.
22Nay, much more those members of the body, which
seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
23And those members of the
body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more
abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant
comeliness.
24For our comely parts have no need: but God hath
tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that
part which lacked:
25That there should be no schism in the body;
but that the members should have the same care one for another.
26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one
member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27Now ye are the
body of Christ, and members in particular.
28And God hath set some in the
church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that
miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
29Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all
teachers? are all workers of miracles?
30Have all the gifts of
healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
31But covet
earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.