[1] Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be
uninformed. [2] You know that when you were heathen, you were led astray to
dumb idols, however you may have been moved. [3] Therefore I want you to
understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus be
cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit. [4]
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; [5] and there are
varieties of service, but the same Lord; [6] and there are varieties of
working, but it is the same God who inspires them all in every one. [7] To
each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. [8] To
one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the
utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, [9] to another faith
by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, [10] to
another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the
ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of
tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. [11] All these are
inspired by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one
individually as he wills. [12] For just as the body is one and has many
members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it
is with Christ. [13] For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one
body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and 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 hearing? If the whole body were an ear,
where would be the sense of smell? [18] But as it is, God arranged the
organs in the body, each one of them, as he chose. [19] If all were a
single organ, where would the body be? [20] As it is, there are many parts,
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 which seem to be weaker are indispensable,
[23] and those parts of the body which we think less honorable we invest
with 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 the greater honor to the inferior
part, [25] that there may be no discord 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, all rejoice together. [27] Now
you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. [28] And God has
appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers,
then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, speakers
in 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 earnestly desire the
higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
