1 Corinthians 12:1–13

DIVERSITY OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS

12Now concerning spiritual gifts:^I brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be unaware. ²You know that when you were pagans, you used to be enticed and led astray by mute^a idols.^{b 3}Therefore I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

⁴Now there are different gifts,^c but the same Spirit. ⁵There are different ministries, but the same Lord. ⁶And there are different activities, but the same God works all of them in each person. ⁷A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person^d for the common good: ⁸to one^e is given a message of wisdom^f through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit, ⁹to another, faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing^g by the one Spirit, ¹⁰to another, the performing of miracles,^h to another, prophecy,ⁱ to another, distinguishing between spirits,^j to another, different kinds of tongues,^A to another, interpretation of tongues. ¹¹One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills.

UNITY YET DIVERSITY IN THE BODY

¹²For just as the body is one^k and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ.^{l 13}For we were all baptized by^B one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all given one Spirit to drink.^m