12这如同一个身体有许多肢体，肢体虽多，仍同属一个身体。基督的身体也是这样。13不论是犹太人或希腊人，是奴隶或自由人，我们都领受了同一位圣灵的洗礼，归入了同一个身体，同饮一位圣灵。14人的身体并非只有一个肢体，乃是由许多肢体组成的。15如果脚说：“我不是手，所以我不属于身体。”难道脚就因此不属于身体吗？16如果耳朵说：“我不是眼睛，所以我不属于身体。”难道耳朵就因此不属于身体吗？17如果整个身体是一只眼睛，哪里有听觉呢？如果整个身体是一只耳朵，哪里有嗅觉呢？18但事实上，上帝按自己的旨意将各个肢体安置在身体上了。19如果全身只有一个肢体，还会是身体吗？20如今肢体虽多，但身体只有一个。21眼睛不能对手说：“我不需要你。”头也不能对脚说：“我不需要你。”22相反，看起来不太重要的肢体事实上是不可或缺的。23我们认为身体上不体面的肢体，越要加以美化；不雅观的肢体，越要精心呵护。24我们身上体面的肢体用不着美化。上帝把身体的各肢体安排在一起，使那些不体面的肢体更体面，25这样身体各肢体才可以彼此相顾，不会分门别类。26如果身体某个肢体感到痛苦，全身也一同受苦。如果某个肢体得到荣耀，全身也一同喜乐。27你们正是基督身体的不同肢体。28上帝在教会中设立的第一是使徒，第二是先知，第三是教师，其次是行神迹的，然后是有医病恩赐的，帮助别人的，管理事务的，说各种方言的。29岂是都做使徒吗？都做先知吗？都做教师吗？都行神迹吗？30都有医病的恩赐吗？都懂得说方言吗？都会翻译方言吗？31你们应该热心追求更大的恩赐。 现在，我要将一条奇妙无比的道路指示你们！
English Standard Version
Spiritual Gifts
1Now concerning* spiritual gifts,* brothers,* I do not want you to be uninformed.2You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.3Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.4Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;5and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;6and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.7To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.8For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.11All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
One Body with Many Members
12For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves* or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.14For the body does not consist of one member 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 be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell?18But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.19If all were a single member, where would the body be?20As it is, there are many parts,* yet one 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.”22On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,23and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty,24which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it,25that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another.26If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.27Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.28And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?30Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?31But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.
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