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[1]NOW concerning spiritual gifts, my brethren, I want to remind you,
[2]That once you were pagans, and without exception you were carried away by dumb idols.
[3]Wherefore I want you to understand that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, calls Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the LORD but by the Holy Spirit.
[4]Now there are diversities of gifts, but there is only one Spirit.
[5]And there are diversities of ministries, but there is only one LORD.
[6]And there are diversities of powers, but it is the one God who works all things in all men.
[7]But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man as help to him.
[8]For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit.
[9]To another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
[10]To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another the means to distinguish the true Spirit; to another divers languages; to another the interpretation of languages.
[11]But all of these gifts are wrought by that one and the same Spirit, dividing to every one severally as he will.
[12]For as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, even though many, are one body, so also is Christ.
[13]For all of us are baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether bond or free; and we have all received through the one Spirit.
[14]The body is not one member, but many.
[15]For if the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; is it therefore not a member of the body?
[16]And if the ear should say, Because I am not the eye, I am not a part of the body; is it therefore not a member of the body?
[17]If the whole body were eyes, where would hearing be? And if the whole were hearing, where would smelling be?
[18]But now God has set every member in the body, as it has pleased him.
[19]If they were all one member, where would the body be?
[20]But now they are many members, yet but one body.
[21]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.
[22]But rather those members of the body which are considered to be delicate are necessary.
[23]And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, we bestow more abundant honor; and the parts that are uncomely, we dress with greater care.
[24]For our comely parts have no need for attention: But God has so tempered the body together, and has given greater honor to the member which is inferior:
[25]That there may be no discord in the body, but that they may care one for another, all members should be equal.
[26]So when one member is in pain, all the members suffer with it; and if one member is honored, all the members will glory with it.
[27]Now you are the body of Christ, and members in your respective places.
[28]For God has set in his church, first apostles; after them, prophets; then teachers, then performers of miracles, then those who have the gift of healing, helpers, leaders, and speakers in diverse languages.
[29]Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?
[30]Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak in diverse tongues? or do all interpret?
[31]But if you are searching for the greater gifts, I will show you a more excellent way.
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