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1 Brothers and sisters, I don't want you to be ignorant about spiritual gifts.
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Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.
2 You know that when you were Gentiles you were often misled by false gods that can't even speak.
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You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak.
3 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.
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Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Let Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.
4 There are different spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;
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Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
5 and there are different ministries and the same Lord;
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and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord;
6 and there are different activities but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.
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and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.
7 A demonstration of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good.
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To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
8 A word of wisdom is given by the Spirit to one person, a word of knowledge to another according to the same Spirit,
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To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9 faith to still another by the same Spirit, gifts of healing to another in the one Spirit,
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to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10 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.
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to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 All these things are produced by the one and same Spirit who gives what he wants to each person.
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All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.
12 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.
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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.
13 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.
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For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
14 Certainly the body isn't one part but many.
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Indeed, the body does not consist of one member but of many.
15 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?
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If the foot would 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.
16 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?
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And if the ear would 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.
17 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?
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If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?
18 But as it is, God has placed each one of the parts in the body just like he wanted.
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But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
19 If all were one and the same body part, what would happen to the body?
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If all were a single member, where would the body be?
20 But as it is, there are many parts but one body.
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As it is, there are many members, yet one body.
21 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."
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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."
22 Instead, the parts of the body that people think are the weakest are the most necessary.
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On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
23 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.
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and those members of the body that we think less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our less respectable members are treated with greater respect;
24 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
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whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member,
25 so that there won't be division in the body and so the parts might have mutual concern for each other.
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that there may be no dissension within the body, but the members may have the same care for one another.
26 If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part gets the glory, all the parts celebrate with it.
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If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.
27 You are the body of Christ and parts of each other.
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Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
28 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.
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And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers; then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.
29 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?
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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?
30 All don't have gifts of healing, do they? All don't speak in different tongues, do they? All don't interpret, do they?
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Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
31 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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But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
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