¶Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.

You know that when you were heathen, you were led away to those mute idols, however you might be led.

Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

¶There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.

There are various kinds of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;

to another faith, by the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, by the same Spirit;

and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires sees fit.

¶For as the body is one, and has many members parts, and all the members parts of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

For the body is not one member a single part, but many.^[a]

If the foot would say, “Because I’m not the hand, I’m not (part) of the body,” it is not therefore not (part) of the body.

If the ear would say, “Because I’m not the eye, I’m not (part) of the body,” it’s not therefore not (part) of the body.

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?

But now God has set the members parts, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired wanted.

If they were all one member part, where would the body be?

But now they are many members parts, but one body.

The eye can’t tell the hand, “I have no need for you,” or again the head to the feet, “I have no need for you.”

No, much rather, those members parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.

Those (parts) of the body which we think to be less honorable, on those we bestow more abundant honor; and our unpresentable (parts) have more abundant propriety;

whereas our presentable (parts) have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior (part),

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members parts should have the same care for one another.

When one member part suffers, all the members parts suffer with it. Or when one member part is honored, all the members parts rejoice with it.

¶Now you are the (this) body of Christ, and (its) members parts individually, each only a part and not the whole.