1 Corinthians 12
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1But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.
2You are conscious that when you were Gentiles, in whatever way you were guided, you went after images without voice or power.
3So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.
4Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.
5And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.
6And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.
7But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.
8For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:
9To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;
10And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:
11But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
12For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.