Murdock - I Corinthians - 12

12:1  And concerning spirituals, my brethren, I would have you know,

12:2  that ye have been pagans ; and have been, without distinction, led away after idols, in which there is no speech.

12:3  I therefore inform you, that there is no man, that speaketh by the Spirit of God, who saith that Jesus is accursed: neither can a man say that Jesus is the Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

12:4  Now there are diversities of gifts; but the Spirit is one.

12:5  And there are diversities of ministrations; but the Lord is one.

12:6  And there are diversities of energies; but God, who worketh all in all men, is one.

12:7  And to each man, there is given a manifestation of the Spirit, that it may aid him.

12:8  To one, by the Spirit, there is given a word of wisdom; and to another, by the same Spirit, there is given a word of knowledge:

12:9  to another, by the same Spirit, faith: to another, by the same Spirit, gifts of healing:

12:10  and to another, miracles: and to another, prophecy: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, divers kinds of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues.

12:11  But all these, worketh that one Spirit; and he distributeth to every one as he pleaseth.

12:12  For as the body is one, and in it are many members; and all those members of the body, though many, are one body; so also is the Messiah.

12:13  For all of us, likewise, by one Spirit, have been baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free; and all of us have drinked in one Spirit.

12:14  For a body also, is not one member, but many.

12:15  For if the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it, on that account, not of the body?

12:16  Or if the ear should say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it, on that account, not of the body?

12:17  And if the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? Or if it were all hearing, where would be the smelling?

12:18  But now hath God placed every one of the members in the body, according to his pleasure.

12:19  And if they were all one member, where would be the body?

12:20  But now they are many members, yet but one body.

12:21  The eye cannot say to the hand, Thou art not needful to me: nor can the head say to the feet, Ye are not needful to me.

12:22  But rather, those members which are accounted feeble, are indispensable.

12:23  And those which we think dishonorable in the body, on them we heap more honor; and those that are uncomely, on them we put the more decoration.

12:24  For the honorable members in us, have no need of honor: for God hath tempered the body, and given more honor to the member which is inferior;

12:25  that there might be no disunion in the body, but that all the members, equally, might care for one another;

12:26  so that, when one member is in pain, they will all sympathize; and if one member is exalted, all the members will be exalted.

12:27  Now ye are the body of Messiah, and members in your place.

12:28  For God hath placed in his church, first, legates; after them, prophets; after them, teachers; after them, workers of miracles; after them, the gifts of healing, and helpers, and leaders, and various kinds of tongues.

12:29  Are they all legates? Are they all prophets? Are they all teachers? Are they all workers of miracles?

12:30  Have all of them the gifts of healing? Do they all speak with tongues? Or do they all interpret?

12:31  And if ye are emulous of the superior gifts, on the other hand, I show to you a better way.