FIRST
CORINTHIANS
First Corinthians
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¶ Now, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant concerning spiritual gifts.
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You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to idols that cannot speak, even
as you were led.
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Therefore I want you to understand, that no one who is speaking by the Spirit
of God will ever curse Jesus: and no one can say that Jesus is the Lord,
but by the Holy Ghost.
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Now different gifts are distributed, but the Spirit is the same.
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And different ministries are given, but the Lord is the same.
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And power is given, but it is the same God who works all in all.
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But the gift of the Spirit is given to every man for the profit of all.
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For to one the Spirit gives the ability to speak with wisdom; to another the
same Spirit gives the ability to speak with knowledge;
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To another the same Spirit gives faith; to another the same Spirit gives gifts
of healing;
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To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another the ability
to distinguish between spirits; to another various languages; to another the
interpretation of languages:
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But all these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to
each man as he will.
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¶ For the body is a unit, even though it is made up of
many parts, and even though the body has many parts, they constitute one body:
it is the same with Christ.
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For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether we are
Jews or Gentiles, whether we are slaves or free; and we have all been
made to drink into one Spirit.
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For the body is not one member, but many.
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If a foot were to say, Because I am not a hand, I am
not part of the body; that would not change the fact that it is part of the
body.
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And if an ear were to say, Because I am not an eye, I
am not part of the body; that would not change the fact that it is part of the
body.
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If the whole body was an eye, how would it hear? If the whole body
was an ear, how would it smell?
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But God has arranged every one of the parts of the body, just as he wanted them
to be.
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If there was only one part, where would the body be?
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As it is there are many members, yet only one body.
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And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you: nor can the head say
to the feet, I have no need of you.
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On the contrary, those members of the body, that seem to be weaker, are very important:
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And we give special honor to the parts of the body,
that we regard as least worthy of honor; and our unpresentable
parts are treated with a special modesty.
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That our presentable parts have no need for: but God has brought the
members of the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that
lacked it:
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That there should be no division in the body; but that the members
should have equal concern for each another.
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And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is
honored, all the members rejoice with it.
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¶ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you
is a part of it.
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And in the church God has appointed, first apostles, second prophets, third
teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healing, helpers, administrators,
different languages.
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Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? do
all work miracles?
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Do all have gifts of healing? do all speak in other
languages? do all interpret?
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But eagerly desire the best gifts: and now I will show you an even better way.