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1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
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Brothers and sisters, I don't want you to be ignorant about spiritual gifts.
2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
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You know that when you were Gentiles you were often misled by false gods that can't even speak.
3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.
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So I want to make it clear to you that no one says, "Jesus is cursed!" when speaking by God's Spirit, and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
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There are different spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;
5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
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and there are different ministries and the same Lord;
6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
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and there are different activities but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.
7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
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A demonstration of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good.
8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
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A word of wisdom is given by the Spirit to one person, a word of knowledge to another according to the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
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faith to still another by the same Spirit, gifts of healing to another in the one Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
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performance of miracles to another, prophecy to another, the ability to tell spirits apart to another, different kinds of tongues to another, and the interpretation of the tongues to another.
11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
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All these things are produced by the one and same Spirit who gives what he wants to each person.
12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.
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Christ is just like the human body—a body is a unit and has many parts; and all the parts of the body are one body, even though there are many.
13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--Jews or Greeks, slaves or free--and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
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We were all baptized by one Spirit into one body, whether Jew or Greek, or slave or free, and we all were given one Spirit to drink.
14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
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Certainly the body isn't one part but many.
15 If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.
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If the foot says, "I'm not part of the body because I'm not a hand," does that mean it's not part of the body?
16 And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," that would not make it any less a part of the body.
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If the ear says, "I'm not part of the body because I'm not an eye," does that mean it's not part of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?
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If the whole body were an eye, what would happen to the hearing? And if the whole body were an ear, what would happen to the sense of smell?
18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
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But as it is, God has placed each one of the parts in the body just like he wanted.
19 If all were a single member, where would the body be?
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If all were one and the same body part, what would happen to the body?
20 As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
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But as it is, there are many parts but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you," nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
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So the eye can't say to the hand, "I don't need you," or in turn, the head can't say to the feet, "I don't need you."
22 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
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Instead, the parts of the body that people think are the weakest are the most necessary.
23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,
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The parts of the body that we think are less honorable are the ones we honor the most. The private parts of our body that aren't presentable are the ones that are given the most dignity.
24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,
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The parts of our body that are presentable don't need this. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the part with less honor
25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.
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so that there won't be division in the body and so the parts might have mutual concern for each other.
26 If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
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If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part gets the glory, all the parts celebrate with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
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You are the body of Christ and parts of each other.
28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
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In the church, God has appointed first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, the ability to help others, leadership skills, different kinds of tongues.
29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
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All aren't apostles, are they? All aren't prophets, are they? All aren't teachers, are they? All don't perform miracles, do they?
30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
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All don't have gifts of healing, do they? All don't speak in different tongues, do they? All don't interpret, do they?
31 But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
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Use your ambition to try to get the greater gifts. And I'm going to show you an even better way.
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