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1 Corinthians 12

The Use of Spiritual Gifts

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Now concerning  aspiritual gifts, brethren,  bI do not want you to be unaware.

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 aYou know that when you were pagans, you were  bled astray to the  cmute idols, however you were led.

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Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking  1 aby the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is  2 baccursed"; and no one can say, "Jesus is  cLord," except  1 aby the Holy Spirit.

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Now there are  avarieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.

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And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.

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There are varieties of effects, but the same  aGod who works all things in all persons.

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But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit  afor the common good.

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For to one is given the word of  awisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of  bknowledge according to the same Spirit;

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to another  afaith  1by the same Spirit, and to another  bgifts of  2healing  1by the one Spirit,

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and to another the  1effecting of  2 amiracles, and to another  bprophecy, and to another the  3 cdistinguishing of spirits, to another various  dkinds of tongues, and to another the  einterpretation of tongues.

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But one and the same Spirit works all these things,  adistributing to each one individually just as He wills.

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For even  aas the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body,  bso also is Christ.

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For  1 aby one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether  bJews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to  cdrink of one Spirit.

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For  athe body is not one member, but many.

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If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason  1any the less a part of the body.

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And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason  1any the less a part of the body.

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If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

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But now God has  aplaced the members, each one of them, in the body,  bjust as He desired.

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If they were all one member, where would the body be?

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But now  athere are many members, but one body.

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And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."

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On the contrary,  1it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;

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and those members of the body which we  1deem less honorable,  2on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable,

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whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked,

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so that there may be no  1division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.

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And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is  1honored, all the members rejoice with it.

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Now you are  aChrist's body, and  bindividually members of it.

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And God has  1 aappointed in  bthe church, first  capostles, second  dprophets, third  eteachers, then  2 fmiracles, then  ggifts of healings, helps,  hadministrations, various  ikinds of tongues.

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All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of  1miracles, are they?

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All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not  ainterpret, do they?

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But  aearnestly desire the greater gifts.

And I show you a still more excellent way.



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