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| 1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant. | 1With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. |
| 2You know that when you were unbelievers, you were enticed and led astray to worship idols that couldn't even speak. | 2You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led. |
| 3For this reason I want you to be aware that no one who is speaking by God's Spirit can say, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. | 3So I want you to understand 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 varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit, | 4Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. |
| 5and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord. | 5And there are different ministries, but the same Lord. |
| 6There are varieties of results, but it is the same God who produces all the results in everyone. | 6And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. |
| 7To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good. | 7To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all. |
| 8To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit; | 8For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit, |
| 9to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit; | 9to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, |
| 10to another miraculous results; to another prophecy; to another the ability to distinguish between spirits; to another various kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages. | 10to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. |
| 11But one and the same Spirit produces all these results and gives what he wants to each person. | 11It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things. |
| 12For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, form a single body, so it is with the Messiah. | 12For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body--though many--are one body, so too is Christ. |
| 13For by one Spirit all of us—Jews and Greeks, slaves and free—were baptized into one body and were all privileged to drink from one Spirit. | 13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit. |
| 14For the body does not consist of only one part, but of many. | 14For in fact the body is not a single member, but many. |
| 15If the foot says, "Since I'm not a hand, I'm not part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body, does it? | 15If the foot says, "Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that. |
| 16And if the ear says, "Since I'm not an eye, I'm not part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body, does it? | 16And if the ear says, "Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that. |
| 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? | 17If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell? |
| 18But now God has arranged the parts, every one of them, in the body according to his plan. | 18But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided. |
| 19Now if all of it were one part, there wouldn't be a body, would there? | 19If they were all the same member, where would the body be? |
| 20So there are many parts, but one body. | 20So now there are many members, but one body. |
| 21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you," or the head to the feet, "I don't need you." | 21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor in turn can the head say to the foot, "I do not need you." |
| 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are in fact indispensable, | 22On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential, |
| 23and the parts of the body that we think are less honorable are treated with special honor, and we make our less attractive parts more attractive. | 23and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity, |
| 24However, our attractive parts don't need this. But God has put the body together and has given special honor to the parts that lack it, | 24but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member, |
| 25so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other. | 25so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another. |
| 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is praised, every part rejoices with it. | 26If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it. |
| 27Now you are the Messiah's body and individual parts of it. | 27Now you are Christ's body, and each of you is a member of it. |
| 28God has appointed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then those who perform miracles, those who have gifts of healing, those who help others, administrators, and those who speak various kinds of languages. | 28And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues. |
| 29Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they? | 29Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they? |
| 30Not all have the gift of healing, do they? Not all speak in foreign languages, do they? Not all interpret, do they? | 30Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they? |
| 31Keep on desiring the better gifts. And now I will show you the best way of all. | 31But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison. |
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