1 Spiritual gifts 4 are diverse, 7 yet all to profit withal. 8 And to that end, are diversly bestowed: 12 That by the like proportion, as the members of a natural body, tend all to the 16 mutual decency, 22 service, and 26 succor of the same body ; 27 so we should do one for another, to make up the mystical body of Christ.

¹ Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I would not have you ignorant.

² You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, even as you were led.

³ Why I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

⁴ Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

⁵ And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

⁶ And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which works all in all.

⁷ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit with.

⁸ For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

⁹ To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

¹⁰ To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

¹¹ But all these works that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

¹² For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.

¹³ For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

¹⁴ For the body is not one member, but many.

¹⁵ If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

¹⁶ And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

¹⁸ But now has God set the members every one of them in the body, as it has pleased him.

¹⁹ And if they were all one member, where were the body?

²⁰ But now are they many members, yet but one body.

²¹ And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

²² No, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:

²³ And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

²⁴ For our comely parts have no need: but God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked.

²⁵ That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

²⁶ And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.

²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

²⁸ And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

²⁹ Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

³⁰ Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

³¹ But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet show I to you a more excellent way.