1Corinthians:12:12-31

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* For as the body is one and has many members , but all the members of that one body , being many , are one body , so also is Christ . * For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body--whether Jews or Greeks , whether slaves or free--and have all been made to drink into one Spirit . * For in fact the body is not one member but many . * If the foot should say , "Because I am not a hand , I am not of the body ," is it therefore not of the body ? * And if the ear should say , "Because I am not an eye , I am not of the body ," is it therefore not of the body ? * If the whole body were an eye , where would be the hearing ? If the whole were hearing , where would be the smelling ? * But now God has set the members , each one of them , in the body just as He pleased . * And if they were all one member , where would the body be ? * But now indeed there are many members , yet one body . * And the 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 ." * No , much rather , those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary . * And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable , on these we bestow greater honor ; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty , * but our presentable parts have no need . But God composed the body , having given greater honor to that part which lacks it , * that there should be no schism in the body , but that the members should have the same care for one another . * And if one member suffers , all the members suffer with it ; or if one member is honored , all the members rejoice with it . * Now you are the body of Christ , and members individually . * And God has appointed these in the church : first apostles , second prophets , third teachers , after that miracles , then gifts of healings , helps , administrations , varieties of tongues . * Are all apostles ? Are all prophets ? Are all teachers ? Are all workers of miracles ? * Do all have gifts of healings ? Do all speak with tongues ? Do all interpret ? * But earnestly desire the best gifts . And yet I show you a more excellent way .

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