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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Corinthians 12 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_corinthians/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_corinthians/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > 1 Corinthians 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_corinthians/11.htm" title="1 Corinthians 11">◄</a> 1 Corinthians 12 <a href="../1_corinthians/13.htm" title="1 Corinthians 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/1_corinthians/12.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Concerning Spiritual Gifts</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>You know that when you were unbelievers,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:2 Or pagans">a</a></span> you were enticed and led astray to worship<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:2 The Gk. lacks worship">b</a></span> idols that couldn’t even speak. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For this reason I want you to be aware that no one who is speaking by God’s Spirit can say, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>There are varieties of results, but it is the same God who produces all the results in everyone.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>to another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>to another miraculous results; to another prophecy; to another the ability to distinguish between spirits; to another various kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But one and the same Spirit produces all these results and gives what he wants to each person.</p> <p class="heading">The Unity and Diversity of Spiritual Gifts</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though many, form a single body, so it is with the Messiah.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:12 Or Christ">c</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For by<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:13 Or in">d</a></span> one Spirit all of us—Jews and Greeks, slaves and free—were baptized into one body and were all privileged to drink from one Spirit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For the body does not consist of only one part, but of many. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If the foot says, “Since I’m not a hand, I’m not part of the body,” that does not make it any less a part of the body, does it? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And if the ear says, “Since I’m not an eye, I’m not part of the body,” that does not make it any less a part of the body, does it? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:17 The Gk. lacks body">e</a></span> were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But now God has arranged the parts, every one of them, in the body according to his plan.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:18 Lit. will">f</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now if all of it were one part, there wouldn’t be a body, would there? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So there are many parts, but one body.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” or the head to the feet, “I don’t need you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are in fact indispensable, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and the parts of the body that we think are less honorable are treated with special honor, and we make our less attractive parts more attractive. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>However, our attractive parts don’t need this. But God has put the body together and has given special honor to the parts that lack it, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>so that there might be no disharmony in the body, but that its parts should have the same concern for each other. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is praised, every part rejoices with it.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Now you are the Messiah’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:27 Or Christ’s">g</a></span> body and individual parts of it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>God has appointed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then those who perform miracles, those who have gifts of healing, those who help others, administrators, and those who speak<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:28 The Gk. lacks those who speak">h</a></span> various kinds of languages. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Not all have the gift of healing, do they? Not all speak in foreign<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:30 The Gk. lacks foreign; and so through 14:39">i</a></span> languages, do they? Not all interpret, do they? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_corinthians/12-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Keep on desiring<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="12:31 Or You are desiring">j</a></span> the better gifts. And now I will show you the best way of all.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 12:2 Or <i>pagans</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 12:2 The Gk. lacks <i>worship</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 12:12 Or <i>Christ</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 12:13 Or <i>in</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 12:17 The Gk. lacks <i>body</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 12:18 Lit. <i>will</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 12:27 Or <i>Christ’s</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 12:28 The Gk. lacks <i>those who speak</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 12:30 The Gk. lacks <i>foreign</i>; and so through 14:39<br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 12:31 Or <i>You are desiring</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_corinthians/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Corinthians 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_corinthians/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Corinthians 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Corinthians 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/1_corinthians/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>