1 Corinthians 12:7-21

7But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit [the spiritual illumination and the enabling of the Holy Spirit] for the common good.

8To one is given through the [Holy] Spirit [the power to speak] the message of wisdom, and to another [the power to express] the word of knowledge and understanding according to the same Spirit;

9to another [wonder-working] faith [is given] by the same [Holy] Spirit, and to another the [extraordinary] gifts of healings by the one Spirit;

10and to another the working of miracles, and to another prophecy [foretelling the future, speaking a new message from God to the people], and to another discernment of spirits [the ability to distinguish sound, godly doctrine from the deceptive doctrine of man-made religions and cults], to another various kinds of [unknown] tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues.

11All these things [the gifts, the achievements, the abilities, the empowering] are brought about by one and the same [Holy] Spirit, distributing to each one individually just as He chooses.

12For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts, though many, form [only] one body, so it is with Christ.

13For by one [Holy] Spirit we were all baptized into one body, [spiritually transformed—united together] whether Jews or Greeks (Gentiles), slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one [Holy] Spirit [since the same Holy Spirit fills each life].

14For the [human] body does not consist of one part, but of many [limbs and organs].

15If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” is it not on the contrary still a part of the body?

16If the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” is it not on the contrary still a part of the body?

17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole [body] were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

18But now [as things really are], God has placed and arranged the parts in the body, each one of them, just as He willed and saw fit [with the best balance of function].

19If they all were a single organ, where would [the rest of] the body be?

20But now [as things really are] there are many parts [different limbs and organs], but a single body.

21The 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.”