1Now concerning spiritual matters, brothers and sisters, I don't want you to be uninformed.
2You know that when you were not believers, you were led astray to silent idols, however you happened to be led.
3Therefore, I want you to understand that no one speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is cursed." And no one can truly say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
4There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them.
5There are different ways to serve, but the same Lord is served.
6There are different ways God works, but the same God works in all people in every way.
7The Spirit's presence is shown in each person for the good of all.
8To one person the Spirit gives a message of wisdom, to another the same Spirit gives a message of knowledge,
9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,
10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another the ability to tell spirits apart, to another different kinds of languages, and to still another the interpretation of languages.
11But one and the same Spirit does all these things, distributing them to each person as he chooses.
12Just as a body is one unit and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, even though there are many, form one body, so it is with Christ.
13For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
14Indeed, the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15If 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.
16And 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.
17If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?
18But in fact God has placed each one of the parts in the body just as he wanted them to be.
19If all were one part, where would the body be?
20As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't need you!"
22On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem weaker are actually very important.
23And the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. The parts that are not presentable are treated with special modesty,
24while our presentable parts don't need such care. But God designed the body to work together, giving more honor to the parts that seemed less important,
25so that there would be no division in the body, but that all the parts would care equally for each other.
26If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it. If one part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.
27Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a part of it.
28God has appointed some in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then those who perform miracles, then those with gifts of healing, those who help, those who govern, and those who speak in various languages.
29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all perform miracles?
30Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in various languages? Do all interpret?
31But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you an even better way.