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1 Corinthians 12:7

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Chapter 12

Spiritual Gifts

1Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.2You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.3Therefore 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.

4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.6There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.

7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

8To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,Or languages; also in verse 28 and to still another the interpretation of tongues.Or languages; also in verse 2811All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines.

12The 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.13For we were all baptized byOr with; or in one Spirit into one body–whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free–and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

14Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.15If 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.16And 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.17If 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?18But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.19If they were all one part, where would the body be?20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

21The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don't need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don't need you!”22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,23and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty,24while 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,25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tonguesOr other languages? Do all interpret?31But eagerly desireOr But you are eagerly desiring the greater gifts.
And now I will show you the most excellent way.

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Kofu - (eBible Mentor) 9 months ago.

Friends call it 'that of God in everyone' or 'the inward Light.' This doesn't mean it is fully realized in every life, but it is present and available.

hvnsworyor - (eBible Novice) 9 months ago.

How can we think we can operate properly without.

KyleC - (eBible Novice) 7 months ago.

Spiritual gifts are for the good of the body

paulwhelms - (eBible Mentor) 5 months ago.

When he says, 'to each is given', Paul has in mind here every single member of the Church of Christ -- that is, all those who share in the gift of the Holy Spirit through life-giving faith in the Savior. The underlying premise here is that the Spirit is not a power, but a Person. *He* is given to each member of the Church, and in the local churches the Spirit is the One whose presence assures growth, unity, true intercession, power and protection from all evil. And yet we must realize that God has made it so that all members of the local church work for that unity together -- the strong working with the weak, the wise with the foolish. The Corinthian church had seemed to consider the Spirit merely as a power wielded within a person's life measured by signs, miracles, or passionate corporate worship. Yet however anointed their corporate worship might have seemed, the church was under a spell of spiritual pride. The result was a gradation of members from the least apparently gifted to the most. Paul reminds them that the spiritual gifts are never an end, but are a means to building up the Church -- and the Spirit is not a power for our own glory but rather a Person given to us so that we may become like the One God who was manifested to us in the flesh in our Lord Jesus Christ.