1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Expanded Bible

Gifts from the Holy Spirit

12 Now, brothers and sisters, I don’t want you to ·misunderstand [be uninformed] ·about [concerning; or in regard to your question about; see 7:1; 8:1; 16:1] spiritual gifts. ² You know the way you lived ·before you were believers [^Lwhen you were pagans/Gentiles]. You let yourselves be influenced and led away to worship idols—things that could not speak. ³ So I want you to understand that no one who is speaking ·with the help of [by means of; in the power of] God’s Spirit says, “Jesus be cursed.” And no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” ·without the help of [^Lexcept by means of/in the power of] the Holy Spirit.

⁴ There are different kinds of gifts, but they are all from the same Spirit. ⁵ There are different ·ways to serve [ministries] but the same Lord to serve. ⁶ And there are different ·ways that God works through people [kinds of action; activities] but the same God works ·in all of us in everything we do [^Lall things in all people]. ⁷ ·Something from the Spirit can be seen in [^LThe manifestation/disclosure of the Spirit is given to] each person, for the common good. ⁸ The Spirit gives one person the ·ability to speak with wisdom [message/word of wisdom], and the same Spirit gives another the ·ability to speak with knowledge [message/word of knowledge]. ⁹ The same Spirit gives faith to one person. And, to another, that one Spirit gives gifts of healing. ¹⁰ The Spirit gives to another person ·the power to do miracles [works of power], to another ·the ability to prophesy [^Lprophecy]. And he gives to another the ·ability to know the difference between good and evil [^Ldiscernment/distinguishing of] spirits. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak in different kinds of ·languages [or ecstatic utterance; ^Ltongues] and to another the ·ability to interpret those languages [^Linterpretation of tongues]. ¹¹ One Spirit, the same Spirit, does all these things, and the Spirit ·decides what to give [^Ldistributes just as he wishes to] each person.