1 Corinto 12
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Mga Kaloob ng Espiritu Santo
12 Mga kapatid, ngayon, tungkol naman sa mga kaloob ng Espiritu Santo, nais kong magkaroon kayo ng wastong kaalaman. 2 Alam ninyo na noong hindi pa kayo sumasampalataya, kayo'y nailigaw sa mga diyus-diyosan na hindi naman nakakapagsalita. 3 Kaya't nais kong malaman ninyo na walang taong pinapatnubayan ng Espiritu ng Diyos ang magsasabing, “Sumpain si Jesus!” At hindi rin masasabi ninuman, “Si Jesus ay Panginoon,” kung siya'y hindi pinapatnubayan ng Espiritu Santo.
4 Iba't(A) iba ang mga espirituwal na kaloob, ngunit iisa lamang ang Espiritung nagkakaloob ng mga ito. 5 Iba't iba ang paraan ng paglilingkod, ngunit iisa lamang ang Panginoong pinaglilingkuran. 6 Iba't iba ang mga gawain, ngunit iisa lamang ang Diyos na kumikilos sa mga taong gumagawa ng mga iyon. 7 Para sa ikabubuti ng lahat, ang bawat isa'y binibigyan ng patunay na nagpapakitang nasa kanya ang Espiritu. 8 Ang ilan sa atin ay napagkalooban ng kakayahang magsalita ng mensahe ng karunungan. Ang iba naman ay pinagkalooban ng kaalaman. Subalit iisang Espiritu ang nagkakaloob nito. 9 Ang Espiritu ring iyon ang nagkakaloob sa iba ng pananampalataya sa Diyos, at sa iba'y ang kapangyarihang magpagaling sa mga maysakit. 10 May pinagkakalooban ng kapangyarihang gumawa ng mga himala; sa iba naman ay kakayahang magpahayag ng mensaheng mula sa Diyos, at sa iba ay kakayahang kumilala kung aling kaloob ang mula sa Espiritu at kung alin ang hindi. May pinagkakalooban ng kakayahang magsalita sa iba't ibang mga wika, at sa iba naman ay ang magpaliwanag ng mga wikang iyon. 11 Ngunit isang Espiritu lamang ang gumagawa ng lahat ng ito at namamahagi ng iba't ibang kaloob sa bawat isa, ayon sa kanyang ipinasya.
Iisang Katawan Ngunit Maraming Bahagi
12 Si(B) Cristo'y tulad ng isang katawan na may maraming bahagi. Kahit na binubuo ng iba't ibang bahagi, ito ay nananatiling iisang katawan. 13 Maging Judio o Hentil, alipin man o malaya, tayong lahat ay binautismuhan sa pamamagitan ng iisang Espiritu upang maging isang katawan. Tayong lahat ay pinainom sa iisang Espiritu.
14 Ang katawan ay binubuo ng maraming bahagi at hindi ng iisang bahagi lamang. 15 Kung sasabihin ng paa, “Hindi ako kamay kaya't hindi ako bahagi ng katawan,” hindi na nga ba ito bahagi ng katawan? 16 Kung sasabihin ng tainga, “Hindi ako mata, kaya't hindi ako bahagi ng katawan,” hindi na nga ba ito bahagi ng katawan? 17 Kung puro mata lamang ang buong katawan, paano ito makakarinig? Kung puro tainga lamang ang buong katawan, paano ito makakaamoy? 18 Subalit inilagay ng Diyos ang bawat bahagi ng katawan ayon sa kanyang kalooban. 19 Kung ang lahat ng bahagi ay pare-pareho, hindi iyan maituturing na katawan. 20 Ngunit ang totoo'y marami ang mga bahagi, ngunit iisa lamang ang katawan.
21 Hindi rin naman masasabi ng mata sa kamay, “Hindi kita kailangan,” ni ng ulo, sa mga paa, “Hindi ko kayo kailangan.” 22 Sa katunayan, ang mga bahaging parang mahihina ang siya pa ngang kailangang kailangan. 23 Ang mga bahagi ng katawan na inaakala nating hindi gaanong kapuri-puri ay pinag-uukulan ng higit na pagpapahalaga. Ang mga bahaging hindi likas na maganda ang siya nating higit na pinapahalagahan. 24 Hindi na ito kailangang gawin sa mga bahaging sadyang maganda. Ngunit nang isaayos ng Diyos ang katawan, binigyan niya ng higit na karangalan ang mga bahaging hindi gaanong marangal, 25 upang hindi magkaroon ng pagkakabaha-bahagi, sa halip ay magmalasakit ang bawat bahagi sa isa't isa. 26 Kung nasasaktan ang isang bahagi, nasasaktan ang lahat; kung pinaparangalan ang isang bahagi, nagagalak ang lahat.
27 Kayo ngang lahat ang iisang katawan ni Cristo, at bawat isa sa inyo ay bahagi nito. 28 Naglagay(C) ang Diyos sa iglesya, una, ng mga apostol; ikalawa, ng mga propeta; at ikatlo, ng mga guro. Naglagay rin siya ng mga gumagawa ng mga himala, mga nagpapagaling ng mga maysakit, mga tagatulong, mga tagapangasiwa, at mga nagsasalita sa iba't ibang mga wika. 29 Hindi lahat ay apostol, propeta o guro; hindi lahat ay binigyan ng kakayahang gumawa ng mga himala, 30 magpagaling ng mga maysakit, magsalita sa iba't ibang mga wika o magpaliwanag ng mga wikang ito. 31 Ngunit buong sikap ninyong hangarín ang mga kaloob na mas dakila.
At ngayo'y ituturo ko sa inyo ang landas na pinakamabuti sa lahat.
1 Corinthians 12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
C. Spiritual Gifts[a]
Chapter 12
Unity and Variety. 1 Now in regard to spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be unaware. 2 [b]You know how, when you were pagans, you were constantly attracted and led away to mute idols.(A) 3 Therefore, I tell you that nobody speaking by the spirit of God says, “Jesus be accursed.” And no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the holy Spirit.(B)
4 [c]There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;(C) 5 there are different forms of service but the same Lord; 6 there are different workings but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. 7 To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit is given for some benefit. 8 To one is given through the Spirit the expression of wisdom; to another the expression of knowledge according to the same Spirit;(D) 9 to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit; 10 to another mighty deeds; to another prophecy; to another discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues; to another interpretation of tongues.(E) 11 But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as he wishes.(F)
One Body, Many Parts.[d] 12 As a body is one though it has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body, so also Christ.(G) 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.(H)
14 Now the body is not a single part, but many. 15 If a foot should say, “Because I am not a hand I do not belong to the body,” it does not for this reason belong any less to the body. 16 Or if an ear should say, “Because I am not an eye I do not belong to the body,” it does not for this reason belong any less to the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But as it is, God placed the parts, each one of them, in the body as he intended. 19 If they were all one part, where would the body be? 20 But as it is, there are many parts, yet one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I do not need you.” 22 Indeed, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are all the more necessary, 23 and those parts of the body that we consider less honorable we surround with greater honor, and our less presentable parts are treated with greater propriety, 24 whereas our more presentable parts do not need this. But God has so constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it, 25 so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same concern for one another. 26 If [one] part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy.
Application to Christ.[e] 27 Now you are Christ’s body, and individually parts of it.(I) 28 Some people God has designated in the church to be, first, apostles;[f] second, prophets; third, teachers; then, mighty deeds; then, gifts of healing, assistance, administration, and varieties of tongues.(J) 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work mighty deeds? 30 Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? 31 Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts.
The Way of Love. But I shall show you a still more excellent way.
Footnotes
- 12:1–14:40 Ecstatic and charismatic activity were common in early Christian experience, as they were in other ancient religions. But the Corinthians seem to have developed a disproportionate esteem for certain phenomena, especially tongues, to the detriment of order in the liturgy. Paul’s response to this development provides us with the fullest exposition we have of his theology of the charisms.
- 12:2–3 There is an experience of the Spirit and an understanding of ecstatic phenomena that are specifically Christian and that differ, despite apparent similarities, from those of the pagans. It is necessary to discern which spirit is leading one; ecstatic phenomena must be judged by their effect (1 Cor 12:2). 1 Cor 12:3 illustrates this by an example: power to confess Jesus as Lord can come only from the Spirit, and it is inconceivable that the Spirit would move anyone to curse the Lord.
- 12:4–6 There are some features common to all charisms, despite their diversity: all are gifts (charismata), grace from outside ourselves; all are forms of service (diakoniai), an expression of their purpose and effect; and all are workings (energēmata), in which God is at work. Paul associates each of these aspects with what later theology will call one of the persons of the Trinity, an early example of “appropriation.”
- 12:12–26 The image of a body is introduced to explain Christ’s relationship with believers (1 Cor 12:12). 1 Cor 12:13 applies this model to the church: by baptism all, despite diversity of ethnic or social origins, are integrated into one organism. 1 Cor 12:14–26 then develop the need for diversity of function among the parts of a body without threat to its unity.
- 12:27–30 Paul now applies the image again to the church as a whole and its members (1 Cor 12:27). The lists in 1 Cor 12:28–30 spell out the parallelism by specifying the diversity of functions found in the church (cf. Rom 12:6–8; Eph 4:11).
- 12:28 First, apostles: apostleship was not mentioned in 1 Cor 12:8–10, nor is it at issue in these chapters, but Paul gives it pride of place in his listing. It is not just one gift among others but a prior and fuller gift that includes the others. They are all demonstrated in Paul’s apostolate, but he may have developed his theology of charisms by reflecting first of all on his own grace of apostleship (cf. 1 Cor 3:5–4:14; 9:1–27; 2 Cor 2:14–6:13; 10:1–13:30, esp. 1 Cor 11:23 and 12:12).
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