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

Spiritual Gifts: Unity in Diversity

Spiritual Unity of Believers

1Co 12:1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant:

1Co 12:2You know that[fn] you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.

1Co 12:3Therefore 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.

1Co 12:4

1Co 12:4There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

1Co 12:5

1Co 12:5There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.

1Co 12:6

1Co 12:6And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.

1Co 12:7

1Co 12:7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:

1Co 12:8

1Co 12:8for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,

1Co 12:9

1Co 12:9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same[fn] Spirit,

1Co 12:10

1Co 12:10to 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.

1Co 12:11

1Co 12:11But 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 )

1Co 12:12

1Co 12:12For 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.

1Co 12:13

1Co 12:13For 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.

1Co 12:14

1Co 12:14For in fact the body is not one member but many.

1Co 12:15

1Co 12:15If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?

1Co 12:16

1Co 12:16And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not of the body?

1Co 12:17

1Co 12:17If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?

1Co 12:18

1Co 12:18But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.

1Co 12:19

1Co 12:19And if they were all one member, where would the body be?

1Co 12:20

1Co 12:20But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.

1Co 12:21

1Co 12:21And 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.”

1Co 12:22

1Co 12:22No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

1Co 12:23

1Co 12:23And 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,

1Co 12:24

1Co 12:24but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it,

1Co 12:25

1Co 12:25that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.

1Co 12:26

1Co 12:26And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

1Co 12:27

1Co 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

1Co 12:28

1Co 12:28And 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.

1Co 12:29

1Co 12:29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

1Co 12:30

1Co 12:30Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

1Co 12:31

1Co 12:31But earnestly desire the best[fn] gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.

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NKJV Footnotes

(12:2)

NU-Text and M-Text add when.

(12:9)

NU-Text reads one.

(12:13)

NU-Text omits into.

(12:31)

NU-Text reads greater.

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