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1 Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant.
2 You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to mute idols, in whatever ways you were led.
3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
4 Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.
6 And there are different kinds of work, but the same God who is working all things in everyone.
7 Now to each one is given the outward display of the Spirit for the benefit of all.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
10 and to another deeds of power, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing them to each one individually just as he desires.
12 For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bound or free, and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but many.
15 If the foot says, “Since I am not the hand, I am not part of the body,” it is not for this reason, any less part of the body.
16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it is not for this reason, any less part of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
18 But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body just as he desired.
19 But if they were all the same member, where would the body be?
20 So now there are many members, but one body.
21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not have need of you.” Or again, the head say to the feet, “I do not have need of you.”
22 On the contrary, the members of the body that appear to be weaker are much more essential,
23 and the parts of the body that we think are less honorable, we give them greater honor, and our unpresentable members have more dignity,
24 but our presentable members do not have this need. But God has combined the body together, giving more honor to the parts that lacked it,
25 so that there may be no division within the body, but that the members should care for one another with the same affection.
26 So if one member suffers, all the members suffer together; and if a member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
28 And God has indeed appointed some in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administration, and various kinds of tongues.
29 Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?
30 Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?
31 But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And now, I will show you a more excellent way.
The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians