1 Corinthians 12:7-21

7The evidence of the Spirit’s presence is given to each person for the common good of everyone.

8The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak with wisdom. The same Spirit gives another person the ability to speak with knowledge.

9To another person the same Spirit gives ⌞courageous⌟ faith. To another person the same Spirit gives the ability to heal.

10Another can work miracles. Another can speak what God has revealed. Another can tell the difference between spirits. Another can speak in different kinds of languages. Another can interpret languages.

11There is only one Spirit who does all these things by giving what God wants to give to each person.

12For example, the body is one unit and yet has many parts. As all the parts form one body, so it is with Christ.

13By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether we are Jewish or Greek, slave or free, God gave all of us one Spirit to drink.

14As you know, the human body is not made up of only one part, but of many parts.

15Suppose a foot says, “I’m not a hand, so I’m not part of the body!” Would that mean it’s no longer part of the body?

16Or suppose an ear says, “I’m not an eye, so I’m not a part of the body!” Would that mean it’s no longer part of the body?

17If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell?

18So God put each and every part of the body together as he wanted it.

19How could it be a body if it only had one part?

20So there are many parts but one body.

21An eye can’t say to a hand, “I don’t need you!” Or again, the head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”