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- Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
- You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
- Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
- There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
- There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
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- Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
- Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
- Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
- Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
- And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
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- There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
- Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
- To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
- to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
- to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
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- And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
- But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
- For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
- To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
- To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
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- All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.
- The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.
- For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
- Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.
- If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
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- But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
- For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
- For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
- For the body is not one member, but many.
- If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
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- And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
- If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
- But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
- If they were all one part, where would the body be?
- As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
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- And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
- If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
- But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
- And if they were all one member, where were the body?
- But now are they many members, yet but one body.
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- The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
- On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
- and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,
- while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
- so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.
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- And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
- Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
- And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.
- For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked.
- That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
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- If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
- Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
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- And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
- Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
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