¹⁸ But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.

²⁸ And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.^(A)

¹¹ All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.^(A)

³ For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.^(A)

⁵ What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each.

³² “Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.^(A)

²⁴ whereas our more respectable members do not need this. But God has so arranged the body, giving the greater honor to the inferior member,

Jesus Rejoices

²¹ At that very hour Jesus^[a] rejoiced in the Holy Spirit^[b] and said, “I thank^[c] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.^[d](A)

³⁸ But God gives it a body as he has chosen and to each kind of seed its own body.