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title: 1 Corinthians 12
slug: kjv-nt/1-corinthians-12
createdAt: 2024-09-11T03:12:41.733Z
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**1 **Now concerning spiritual *gifts*, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. **2 **Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. **3 **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.

**4 **Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. **5 **And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. **6 **And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. **7 **But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. **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 the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; **10 **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: **11 **But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

**12 **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. **13 **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.

**14 **For the body is not one member, but many. **15 **If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? **16 **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? **17 **If the whole body *were* an eye, where *were* the hearing? If the whole *were* hearing, where *were* the smelling? **18 **But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. **19 **And if they were all one member, where *were* the body? **20 **But now *are they* many members, yet but one body. **21 **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. **22 **Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: **23 **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. **24 **For our comely *parts* have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that *part* which lacked: **25 **That there should be no schism in the body; but *that* the members should have the same care one for another. **26 **And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

**27 **Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

**28 **And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. **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 with tongues? do all interpret? **31 **But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.