1 Corinthians 12:4-18

English Standard Version

⁴Now ^(A)there are varieties of gifts, but ^(B)the same Spirit; ⁵and ^(C)there are varieties of service, but ^(D)the same Lord; ⁶and there are varieties of activities, but it is ^(E)the same God who empowers them all in everyone. ⁷^(F)To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ⁸For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of ^(G)wisdom, and to another the utterance of ^(H)knowledge according to the same Spirit, ⁹to another ^(I)faith by the same Spirit, to another ^(J)gifts of healing by the one Spirit, ¹⁰to another ^(K)the working of miracles, to another ^(L)prophecy, to another ^(M)the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another ^(N)various kinds of tongues, to another ^(O)the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, ^(P)who apportions to each one individually ^(Q)as he wills.

One Body with Many Members

¹²For just as ^(R)the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, ^(S)so it is with Christ. ¹³For ^(T)in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—^(U)Jews or Greeks, slaves^[a] or free—and ^(V)all were made to drink of one Spirit.

¹⁴For the body does not consist of one member but of many. ¹⁵If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. ¹⁶And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. ¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? ¹⁸But as it is, ^(W)God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, ^(X)as he chose.