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[1] And concerning spirituals, my brethren, I would have you know,
[2] that ye have been pagans ; and have been, without distinction, led away after idols, in which there is no speech.
[3] I therefore inform you, that there is no man, that speaketh by the Spirit of God, who saith that Jesus is accursed: neither can a man say that Jesus is the Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.
[4] Now there are diversities of gifts; but the Spirit is one.
[5] And there are diversities of ministrations; but the Lord is one.
[6] And there are diversities of energies; but God, who worketh all in all men, is one.
[7] And to each man, there is given a manifestation of the Spirit, that it may aid him.
[8] To one, by the Spirit, there is given a word of wisdom; and to another, by the same Spirit, there is given a word of knowledge:
[9] to another, by the same Spirit, faith: to another, by the same Spirit, gifts of healing:
[10] and to another, miracles: and to another, prophecy: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, [divers] kinds of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues.
[11] But all these, worketh that one Spirit; and he distributeth to every one as he pleaseth.
[12] For as the body is one, and in it are many members; and all those members of the body, though many, are one body; so also is the Messiah.
[13] For all of us, likewise, by one Spirit, have been baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free; and all of us have drinked in one Spirit.
[14] For a body also, is not one member, but many.
[15] For if the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it, on that account, not of the body?
[16] Or if the ear should say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it, on that account, not of the body?
[17] And if the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? Or if it were all hearing, where would be the smelling?
[18] But now hath God placed every one of the members in the body, according to his pleasure.
[19] And if they were all one member, where would be the body?
[20] But now they are many members, yet but one body.
[21] The eye cannot say to the hand, Thou art not needful to me: nor can the head say to the feet, Ye are not needful to me.
[22] But rather, those members which are accounted feeble, are indispensable.
[23] And those which we think dishonorable in the body, on them we heap more honor; and those that are uncomely, on them we put the more decoration.
[24] For the honorable members in us, have no need of honor: for God hath tempered the body, and given more honor to the member which is inferior;
[25] that there might be no disunion in the body, but that all the members, equally, might care for one another;
[26] so that, when one member is in pain, they will all sympathize; and if one member is exalted, all the members will be exalted.
[27] Now ye are the body of Messiah, and members in your place.
[28] For God hath placed in his church, first, legates; after them, prophets; after them, teachers; after them, workers of miracles; after them, the gifts of healing, and helpers, and leaders, and [various] kinds of tongues.
[29] Are they all legates? Are they all prophets? Are they all teachers? Are they all workers of miracles?
[30] Have all of them the gifts of healing? Do they all speak with tongues? Or do they all interpret?
[31] And if ye are emulous of the superior gifts, on the other hand, I show to you a better way.
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