12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be unaware.
12:2 You know that when you were ①pagans, you were led ②astray to the mute idols, however you were led.
▷ ①Lit Gentiles; i.e., mainly Greeks and Romans, traditionally polytheistic ②Or away
12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking ①by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is ②accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except ③by the Holy Spirit.
▷ ①Or in ②Gr anathema ③Or in
12:4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
12:5 And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.
12:6 There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.
12:7 But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
12:8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit;
12:9 to another faith ①by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of ②healing ③by the one Spirit,
▷ ①Or in ②Lit healings ③Or in
12:10 and to another the ①effecting of ②miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the ③distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
▷ ①Lit effects ②Or works of power ③Lit distinguishings
12:11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He ①wills.
▷ ①Or intends
12:12 For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ.
12:13 For ①by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
▷ ①Or in
12:14 For the body is not one part, but many.
12:15 If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ①any less a part of the body.
▷ ①Lit not a part
12:16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ①any less a part of the body.
▷ ①Lit not a part
12:17 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?
12:18 But now God has arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, just as He desired.
12:19 If they were all one part, where would the body be?
12:20 But now there are many parts, but one body.
12:21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again, the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
12:22 On the contrary, ①it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary;
▷ ①Lit to a much greater degree the parts
12:23 and those parts of the body which we ①consider less honorable, ②on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable,
▷ ①Or think to be ②Or these we clothe with
12:24 whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
12:25 so that there may be no ①division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another.
▷ ①Or dissension
12:26 And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is ①honored, all the parts rejoice with it.
▷ ①Lit glorified
12:27 Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it.
12:28 And God has ①appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then ②miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, and various kinds of tongues.
▷ ①Lit set some in ②Or works of power
12:29 All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of ①miracles, are they?
▷ ①Or works of power
12:30 All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they?
12:31 But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And yet, I am going to show you a far better way.