Spiritual Gifts
1 cNow concerning1 dspiritual gifts,2 brothers,3 I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to emute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say f“Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
4 Now there are gvarieties of gifts, but hthe same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the isame Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who jempowers them all in everyone. 7 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another kfaith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of lmiracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to mdistinguish between spirits, to another nvarious kinds of tongues, to another the ointerpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually pas he wills.
One Body with Many Members
12 qFor just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, rslaves4 or free—and sall were made to drink of one Spirit.
14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, tthere are many parts,5 yet one body.
21 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 On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, 23 and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, 25 that there may be no udivision in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 vIf one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
27 Now wyou are the body of Christ and individually members of it. 28 And God has appointed in the church xfirst apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? 31 But yearnestly desire the higher gifts.
And I will show you a still more excellent way.
My Soul Thirsts for You
A Psalm of David.
1 yHear my prayer, O Lord;
give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
2 zEnter not into judgment with your servant,
for ano one living is righteous before you.
3 For the enemy has pursued my soul;
he has crushed my life to the ground;
bhe has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
4 Therefore cmy spirit faints within me;
my heart within me is appalled.
5 I remember the ddays of old;
I meditate on all that you have done;
I ponder the work of your hands.
6 I stretch out my hands to you;
emy soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
7 Answer me fquickly, O Lord!
My spirit fails!
Hide not your face from me,
lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
8 Let me hear gin the morning of your steadfast love,
for in you I trust.
hMake me know the way I should go,
for ito you I lift up my soul.
9 jDeliver me from my enemies, O Lord!
I have fled to you for refuge.1
10 Teach me to do your will,
for you are my God!
Let kyour good Spirit llead me
on level ground!
11 mFor your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life!
nIn your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
12 And in your steadfast love you will ocut off my enemies,
and you will destroy all the adversaries of my soul,
for I am your servant.
