1 Corinthians 12:1–14

Spiritual Gifts

¹Brothers and sisters, I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding concerning spiritual gifts. ²You know that when you were unbelievers, every time you were led to worship false gods you were worshiping gods who couldn’t even speak. ³So I want you to know that no one speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is cursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit. 

⁴There are different spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. ⁵There are different ways of serving, and yet the same Lord is served. ⁶There are different types of work to do, but the same God produces every gift in every person. 

⁷The evidence of the Spirit’s presence is given to each person for the common good of everyone. ⁸The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak with wisdom. The same Spirit gives another person the ability to speak with knowledge. ⁹To another person the same Spirit gives ⸤courageous⸥ faith. To another person the same Spirit gives the ability to heal. ¹⁰Another can work miracles. Another can speak what God has revealed. Another can tell the difference between spirits. Another can speak in different kinds of languages. Another can interpret languages. ¹¹There is only one Spirit who does all these things by giving what God wants to give to each person. 

¹²For example, the body is one unit and yet has many parts. As all the parts form one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether we are Jewish or Greek, slave or free, God gave all of us one Spirit to drink. 

¹⁴As you know, the human body is not made up of only one part, but of many parts.