One Year Bible New Testament Sampler, Lakeside Haven - Flipbook - Page 27
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1 CO RINTHIANS 12:1-26
Now, dear brothers and sisters, regarding your question about the special abilities the Spirit
gives us. I don’t want you to misunderstand this. 2You know that when you were still pagans,
you were led astray and swept along in worshiping speechless idols. 3So I want you to know that
no one speaking by the Spirit of God will curse Jesus, and no one can say Jesus is Lord, except
by the Holy Spirit.
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There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. 5There
are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. 6God works in different ways, but it
is the same God who does the work in all of us.
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A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. 8To one person the Spirit gives
the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. 9The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the
gift of healing. 10He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability
to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit
of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown
languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. 11It is the one and
only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.
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The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with
the body of Christ. 13Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free.
But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.
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Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part. 15If the foot says, “I am not a part of
the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body. 16And if the
ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part
of the body? 17If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were
an ear, how would you smell anything?
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But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it. 19How
strange a body would be if it had only one part! 20Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.
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The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t
need you.”
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In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most
necessary. 23And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest
care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen, 24while the more honorable
parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor
and care are given to those parts that have less dignity. 25This makes for harmony among the
members, so that all the members care for each other. 26If one part suffers, all the parts suffer
with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.
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