1 Corinthians 12:1-20

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Diversity of Spiritual Gifts

12 Now concerning what comes from the Spirit:^[a] brothers, I do not want you to be unaware. ²You know that when you were pagans, you used to be led off to the idols^(A) that could not speak.^(B) ³Therefore I am informing you 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 activates each gift in each person.^[b] ⁷A demonstration of the Spirit is given to each person^(D) to produce what is beneficial:

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 languages,
to another, interpretation of languages.

¹¹But one and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as He wills.

Unity Yet Diversity in the Body

¹²For 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) ¹³For we were all baptized by^[c] one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.^(M) ¹⁴So the body is not one part but many. ¹⁵If the foot should say, “Because I’m not a hand, I don’t belong to the body,” in spite of this it still belongs to the body. ¹⁶And if the ear should say, “Because I’m not an eye, I don’t belong to the body,” in spite of this it still belongs to the body. ¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸But now God has placed each one of the parts in one body just as He wanted.^(N) ¹⁹And if they were all the same part, where would the body be? ²⁰Now there are many parts, yet one body.