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1 Corinthians - ch 12 v 1 - 20
- Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant.
- You know that when you were heathen1, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.
- Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.
- Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
- There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.
- There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.
- But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.
- For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
- to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;
- and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.
- But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.
- For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
- For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.
- For the body is not one member, but many.
- If the foot would say, "Because I'm not the hand, I'm not part of the body," it is not therefore not part of the body.
- If the ear would say, "Because I'm not the eye, I'm not part of the body," it's not therefore not part of the body.
- If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?
- But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.
- If they were all one member, where would the body be?
- But now they are many members, but one body.
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