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1 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
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But, brothers, I do not want you to go on being ignorant about the things of the Spirit.
2 You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
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You know that when you were pagans, no matter how you felt you were being led, you were being led astray to idols, which can't speak at all.
3 Therefore I want you to know 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.
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Therefore, I want to make it clear to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says, "Yeshua is cursed!" and no one can say, "Yeshua is Lord," except by the Ruach HaKodesh.
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
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Now there are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit gives them.
5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
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Also there are different ways of serving, but it is the same Lord being served.
6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
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And there are different modes of working, but it is the same God working them all in everyone.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
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Moreover, to each person is given the particular manifestation of the Spirit that will be for the common good.
8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
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To one, through the Spirit, is given a word of wisdom; to another, a word of knowledge, in accordance with the same Spirit;
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
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to another, faith, by the same Spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, by the one Spirit;
10 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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to another, the working of miracles; to another, prophecy; to another, the ability to judge between spirits; to another, the ability to speak in different kinds of tongues; and to yet another, the ability to interpret tongues.
11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
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One and the same Spirit is at work in all these things, distributing to each person as he chooses.
12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
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For just as the body is one but has many parts; and all the parts of the body, though many, constitute one body; so it is with the Messiah.
13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
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For it was by one Spirit that we were all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free; and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
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For indeed the body is not one part but many.
15 Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.
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If the foot says, "I'm not a hand, so I'm not part of the body," that doesn't make it stop being part of the body.
16 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 stop being part of the body.
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And if the ear says, "I'm not an eye, so I'm not part of the body," that doesn't make it stop being part of the body.
17 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?
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If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If it were all hearing, how could it smell?
18 But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
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But as it is, God arranged each of the parts in the body exactly as he wanted them.
19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
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Now if they were all just one part, where would the body be?
20 As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
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But as it is, there are indeed many parts, yet just one body.
21 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!”
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So the eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you"; or the head to the feet, "I don't need you."
22 On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
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On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be less important turn out to be all the more necessary;
23 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,
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and upon body parts which we consider less dignified we bestow greater dignity; and the parts that aren't attractive are the ones we make as attractive as we can,
24 while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it,
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while our attractive parts have no need for such treatment. Indeed, God has put the body together in such a way that he gives greater dignity to the parts that lack it,
25 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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So that there will be no disagreements within the body, but rather all the parts will be equally concerned for all the others.
26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
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Thus if one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; and if one part is honored, all the parts share its happiness.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
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Now you together constitute the body of the Messiah, and individually you are parts of it.
28 And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.
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And God has placed in the Messianic Community first, emissaries; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those who work miracles; then those with gifts of healing; those with ability to help; those skilled in administration; and those who speak in various tongues.
29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
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Not all are emissaries, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? or teachers? or miracle-workers?
30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues ? Do all interpret?
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Not all have gifts of healing, not all speak in tongues, not all interpret, do they?
31 Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way.
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Eagerly seek the better gifts. But now I will show you the best way of all.
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