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1 Corinthians 12 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Spiritual Gifts: Unity in Diversity
Spiritual Unity of Believers

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:1 - Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:2 - You know that[fn] you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:3 - Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:4 - There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:5 - There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:6 - And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:7 - But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:8 - for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:9 - to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same[fn] Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:11 - But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
Unity and Diversity in One Body
(cf. Eph. 4:1–16 )

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:12 - For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:13 - For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into[fn] one Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:14 - For in fact the body is not one member but many.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:15 - If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:16 - And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:17 - If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:18 - But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:19 - And if they were all one member, where would the body be?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:20 - But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:21 - And 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:22 - No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:23 - And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:24 - but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:25 - that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:26 - And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:27 - Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:29 - Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:30 - Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:31 - But earnestly desire the best[fn] gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.
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