1 Corinthians 12:1–14

Spiritual Gifts: Unity in Diversity

12Now ^aconcerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: ²You know ^bthat ¹you were Gentiles, carried away to these ^cdumb ²idols, however you were led. ³Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus ³accursed, and ^dno one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.

^4eThere are ⁴diversities of gifts, but ^fthe same Spirit. ^5gThere are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. ⁶And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God ^hwho works ⁵all in all. ⁷But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: ⁸for to one is given ⁱthe word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another ^jthe word of knowledge through the same Spirit, ^9kto another faith by the same Spirit, to another ^lgifts of healings by ⁶the same Spirit, ^10mto another the working of miracles, to another ⁿprophecy, to another ^odiscerning of spirits, to another ^pdifferent kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹But one and the same Spirit works all these things, ^qdistributing to each one individually ^ras He wills.

Unity and Diversity in One Body

¹²For ^sas the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, ^tso also is Christ. ¹³For ^uby one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—^vwhether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and ^whave all been made to drink ⁷into one Spirit. ¹⁴For in fact the body is not one member but many.