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1 Corinthians 12

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

2 You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power.

3 So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

4 Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

5 And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.

6 And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.

7 But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

8 For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

9 To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

10 And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

11 But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

12 For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

14 For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

15 If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.

16 And if the ear says, Because I am not the eye, I am not a part of the body; it is a part of the body all the same.

17 If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? if all was hearing, where would be the smelling?

18 But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

19 And if they were all one part, where would the body be?

20 But now they are all different parts, but one body.

21 And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

22 No, those parts which seem to be feeble are the more necessary;

23 And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

24 But those parts of the body which are beautiful have no need of such care: and so the body has been joined together by God in such a way as to give more honour to those parts which had need of it;

25 So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

26 And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

28 And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

29 Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?

30 Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

31 But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB

1 2 Now I do not want you to lack da’as concerning the things of the Ruach Hakodesh, Achim b’Moshiach.

2 You have da’as that when you WERE Goyim [T.N. i.e., you are no longer heathen pagans], somehow you were influenced and led astray to the ELILIM ILLEMIM ("Dumb idols, idols incapable of speech" CHABAKUK 2:18-19).

3 Therefore, I make known to you that no one speaking by the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem says, "Al Yehoshua ki Cherem hu" ("a curse of the ban of destruction is on Yehoshua"), and no one is able to say, "Yehoshua hu HaAdon" except by the Ruach Hakodesh.

4 There are different kinds of matanot (gifts), but the same Ruach Hakodesh.

5 There are different avodot hakodesh (ministries), but the one Adonoi.

6 And there are a variety of activities [of the Ruach Hakodesh], but the same G-d working all in all.

7 But to each is given the disclosure of the Ruach Hakodesh for benefit:

8 To one through the Ruach Hakodesh is given a dvar chochmah (a dvar of wisdom Ac 16:7); to another, according to the same Ruach Hakodesh, a dvar da’as (word of knowledge Ac 5:3);

9 To another, by the same Ruach Hakodesh, emunah (Mt 17:20-21); to another, by the one Ruach Hakodesh, matanot harippuy (gifts of healing [refuah]) Ac 3:6-16);

10 to another those of cholel niflaot ("accomplishing miracles" SHEMOT 4:21; Yn 11:42-43) And to another divrei hanevu’ah (words of prophecy MELACHIM ALEF 17:1), and to another discernings (being about to make a nafka mina distinction) of ruchot (spirits MELACHIM ALEF 22:22), to another kinds of leshonot (tongues Ac 2:4), and to another, pitronim (interpretations) of leshonot (tongues—1C 14:13).

11 All these things are activated by the one and same Ruach Hakodesh, distributing individually to each one as He determines.

12 For even as the body is echad, and has many evarim (members), and all the evarim (members) of the body, though many, are one body, so is Moshiach.

13 For also in one Ruach Hakodesh we were all given a tevilah into one body, whether Yehudim or Yevanim (Greeks), whether avadim (slaves) or bnei Chorin (freedman), and all were given to drink, as it were, from one Ruach Hakodesh.

14 For the body is not one, but many, evarim (members).

15 If the regel (foot) says, "Because I am not a yad (hand), I am not of the body," that would not make it any less one of the evarim of the body.

16 And if the ozen (ear) says, "Because I am no ayin (eye), I am not of the body," that would not make it any less one of the evarim of the body.

17 If the whole body were an ayin (eye), where would be the hearing? If the whole body were hearing, where would be the smelling?

18 But now Hashem set the evarim (members), each one of them, in the body according to His ratzon (will), as He wanted.

19 And if all were all one evar (member), where would the body be?

20 As it is, though there are many evarim (members), there is but one body.

21 And the ayin (eye) is not able to say to the yad (hand), “I do not have need of you.” Or, again, the rosh (head), speaking to the raglayim (feet), is not to say, “I have no need of you.”

22 Just the opposite, the evarim of the body appearing to be weaker are vital.

23 And those evarim of the body which we presume to be dishonorable, on these we clothe with even more honor, and our parts with lesser kibbud (respect, honor) are treated with greater.

24 Whereas, our evarim with greater kibbud have no need of more. However, Hashem has so composed the achdus yichudim (unit, harmony of unifications) of the body, giving the superior kibbud to the inferior,

25 lest there be schisms (1:10; 11:18) in the body. But the evarim should have the same gemilut chasadim (deeds of lovingkindness and caring) for one another.

26 And when one evar (member) has tza’ar (pain and suffering), all the evarim (members) have tza’ar with it; or one evar has the aliyah of kibbud, all the evarim has simcha with it.

27 Now you are Moshiach’s body (BERESHIS 47:18-19) and individually evarim of it.

28 Now Hashem placed some in the Adat HaMoshiach (community of Moshiach), in the Kehillah, rishon (first): shlichim, second, nevi’im, third, morim (teachers), then those of cholel nifla’aot (“accomplishing miracles—Ex 4:21), then matanot harippuy (gifts of healing), then matanot of helps, then manhigut ruchanit (spiritual leadership, administration), kinds of leshonot.

29 Surely not all are shlichim? Surely not all are nevi’im? Surely not all are rabbinical morim? Surely not all are those cholel nifa’ot (accomplishing miracles”)?

30 Surely not all have matanot harippuy (gifts of healing)? Surely not all speak in leshonot (cf 1C 14:23, 26)? Surely not all have the pitron (interpretation) of leshonot?

31 But earnestly desire the greater matanot (gifts) [of the Ruach Hakodesh]….And yet now I show you a more feste derech. T.N. Rav Sha’ul now turns to the need for balance. Not that he is trying to terminate the miraculous in Moshiach’s Kehillah [a futile endeavor!], but that he is showing the need for the fruit of the Ruach Hakodesh to balance His gifts, especially in an environment where pride and carnality have quenched ahavah, which is the Yn 3:16 center of Moshiach’s saving histalkus (passing, the death of Moshiach in midst of his Redemptive mission on the analogy of Moses dying before he crosses into the Promised Land.)