1 Corinthians 12–14

12Now ^aconcerning spiritual gifts, brethren, ^bI would not have you ignorant. ²Ye know that ^cye were Gentiles, ^dcarried away unto these ^edumb idols, even as ye were led. ³Wherefore I give you to understand, that ^fno man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus ^||accursed: and that ^gno man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. ⁴Now ^hthere are diversities of gifts, but ⁱthe same Spirit. ⁵And ^kthere are ^ldifferences of ^||administrations, but ⁱthe same Lord. ⁶And there are diversities of ^moperations, but it is ⁱthe same God which worketh all in ⁿall. ^7oBut the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. ⁸For to one is given by the Spirit the word of ^pwisdom; to another the word of ^qknowledge by the same Spirit; ⁹To another ^rfaith ^sby the same Spirit; to another ^tthe gifts of healing by the same Spirit; ¹⁰To another the ^mworking of ^umiracles; to another ^xprophecy; to another ^ydiscerning of spirits; to another ^zdivers kinds of tongues; to another ^athe interpretation of tongues: ¹¹But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, ^aadividing to every man severally ^bas he will.

¹²For ^cas the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, ^cbeing many, are one body: ^dso also is Christ. ¹³For ^eby one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, ^fwhether we be Jews or ^†Gentiles, ^fwhether we be bond or free; and ^ghave been all made to drink into ^hone Spirit. ¹⁴For the body is not one member, but many. ¹⁵If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? ¹⁶And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? ¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? ¹⁸But now ⁱhath God set the members every one of them in the body, ^bas ^jit hath pleased him. ¹⁹And if they were all one member, where were the body? ²⁰But now are they ^cmany members, yet but one body. ²¹And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. ²²Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: ²³And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we ^||bestow more abundant honour; and our ^kuncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. ²⁴For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: ²⁵That there should be no ^||schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. ²⁶And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members ^lrejoice with it. ²⁷Now ^dmye are the body of Christ, and ⁿmembers ^oin particular.

²⁸And ⁱGod hath set some in the church, first ^pqapostles, secondarily ^pqrprophets, thirdly ^pteachers, after that ^smiracles, then ^tgifts of healings, ^uhelps, ^xgovernments, ^||diversities of tongues. ²⁹Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all ^||workers of miracles? ³⁰Have all the ^tgifts of healing? ^ydo all speak with tongues? ^ydo all interpret? ³¹But ^zcovet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

13Though I speak with ^athe tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or ^ba tinkling cymbal. ²And though I have the gift of ^cprophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all ^dknowledge; and though I have all ^efaith, ^fso that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. ³And ^gthough I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. ⁴Charity ^hisuffereth long, and ⁱis kind; charity ^kenvieth not; charity ^||vaunteth not itself, is not ^lpuffed up, ⁵Doth not ^mbehave itself unseemly, ⁿseeketh not her own, ^ois not easily provoked, ^pthinketh no evil; ^6qRejoiceth not in ^riniquity, but rejoiceth ^||in the ^rstruth; ^7tBeareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, ^hendureth all things. ⁸Charity never faileth: but whether there be ^uvprophecies, they shall ^wfail; whether there be ^qvtongues, they shall cease; whether there be ^dknowledge, it shall ^wvanish away. ⁹For ^xwe know ^yin part, and we ^uprophesy in part. ¹⁰But ^zwhen that which is perfect is come, then that which is ^yin part shall be ^wdone away. ¹¹When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I ^||thought as a child: but when I became a man, I ^wput away childish things. ¹²For ^anow we see through a ^bglass, ^†darkly; but then ^cface to face: now I know ^yin part; but then ^dshall I know even as also ^eI am known. ¹³And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

14^aFollow after charity, and ^aadesire ^bspiritual gifts, but rather that ye may ^cprophesy. ²For he that ^dspeaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man ^†eunderstandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. ³But he that ^cprophesieth speaketh unto men to ^fedification, and ^gexhortation, and ^hcomfort. ⁴He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that ^cprophesieth ⁱedifieth the church. ⁵I would that ye all ^dspake with tongues, but ^jrather that ye ^cprophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, ^kexcept he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. ⁶Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by ^lrevelation, or by ^mknowledge, or by ^cprophesying, or by ⁿdoctrine? ⁷And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the ^||osounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? ⁸For if ^pthe trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to ^qthe battle? ⁹So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words ^†easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall ^rspeak into the air. ¹⁰There are, ^sit may be, ^tso many ^ukinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. ¹¹Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a ^xbarbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. ¹²Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous ^†of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to ^fthe edifying of the church. ¹³Wherefore let him that ^dspeaketh in an unknown tongue pray ^kthat he may interpret. ¹⁴For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. ¹⁵What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: ^yI will sing with the spirit, and I will sing ^zwith the understanding also. ¹⁶Else when thou shalt ^abless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the ^bunlearned say ^cAmen at ^dthy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? ¹⁷For thou verily givest ^dthanks well, but the other is not edified. ¹⁸I thank my God, I ^cspeak with tongues more than ye all: ¹⁹Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might ^eteach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. ²⁰Brethren, ^fbe not children in understanding: howbeit in malice ^gbe ye children, but in understanding be ^†men. ^21hIn the law it is written, ⁱWith men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. ²²Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but ^kprophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. ²³If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are ^bunlearned, or unbelievers, ^lwill they not say that ye are mad? ²⁴But if all ^kprophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one ^bunlearned, he is ^mconvinced of all, he is ⁿjudged of all: ²⁵And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so ^ofalling down on his face ^phe will worship God, and ^qreport that God is in you of a truth.

²⁶How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath ^qqa psalm, hath a ^rdoctrine, hath a ^stongue, hath a ^rrevelation, hath an ^sinterpretation. ^tLet all things be done unto edifying. ²⁷If any man ^sspeak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. ²⁸But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. ²⁹Let the ^uprophets speak two or three, and let the other ^wjudge. ³⁰If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, ^xlet the first hold his peace. ³¹For ye may all ^kprophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be ^ycomforted. ³²And the spirits of the ^uprophets are subject to the prophets. ³³For God is not the author of ^†confusion, but of peace, as ^zin all churches of the saints.

^34aLet your women keep silence in the churches: for ^ait is not permitted unto them to speak; but ^bthey are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith ^cthe law. ³⁵And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. ³⁶What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? ³⁷If any man ^dthink himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, ^elet him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. ³⁸But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. ³⁹Wherefore, brethren, ^fcovet to ^gprophesy, and forbid not ^gto speak with tongues. ^40hLet all things be done ⁱdecently and in order.