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| 1Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I don't want you to be ignorant. | 1Now about the gifts of the Spirit, 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, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. |
| 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. | 3Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. |
| 4Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit, | 4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. |
| 5and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord. | 5There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. |
| 6There are varieties of results, but it is the same God who produces all the results in everyone. | 6There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work. |
| 7To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good. | 7Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. |
| 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; | 8To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of 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, to another gifts of healing by that 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 miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. |
| 11But one and the same Spirit produces all these results and gives what he wants to each person. | 11All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. |
| 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. | 12Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with 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 we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body--whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. |
| 14For the body does not consist of only one part, but of many. | 14Even so the body is not made up of one part but of 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? | 15Now if the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. |
| 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 should say, "Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. |
| 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, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? |
| 18But now God has arranged the parts, every one of them, in the body according to his plan. | 18But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. |
| 19Now if all of it were one part, there wouldn't be a body, would there? | 19If they were all one part, where would the body be? |
| 20So there are many parts, but one body. | 20As it is, there are many parts, 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 don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!" |
| 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are in fact indispensable, | 22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, |
| 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 the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, |
| 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, | 24while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, |
| 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 should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. |
| 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is praised, every part rejoices with it. | 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. |
| 27Now you are the Messiah's body and individual parts of it. | 27Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part 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 of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of 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? | 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? |
| 30Not all have the gift of healing, do they? Not all speak in foreign languages, do they? Not all interpret, do they? | 30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret? |
| 31Keep on desiring the better gifts. And now I will show you the best way of all. | 31Now eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way. |
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