1Corinthians:12:12-31
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A person has only one body ,
and the body has many parts .
It is the same with Christ .
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The one Spirit baptized us all to make one body .
It made no difference whether we were Jews or Greeks ,
whether we were slaves or free men .
We were all given to drink of one Spirit .
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I say again ,
the body is not all one part ,
but has many parts .
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Perhaps the foot says ,
I am not the hand ,
so I do not belong to the body .
But it is still a part of the body .
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Perhaps the ear says ,
I am not the eye ,
so I do not belong to the body .
But it is still a part of the body .
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If all of the body were an eye ,
how could we hear ?
If all the body were an ear ,
how could we smell ?
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The way it is now ,
God has put each part in the body in the place he wanted it .
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If they were all one part ,
how could it be a body ?
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The way it is now ,
there are many parts ,
but it is one body .
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The eye cannot say to the hand ,
I do not need you .
And the head cannot say to the feet ,
I do not need you .
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No ,
that is not so .
Some parts of the body are not as strong as others .
Yet we could not live without them .
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And we look after some parts of our body more than others because they need it .
The parts of our body that are not so fine in one way are made more fine in other ways .
But the parts which are fine already do not need to be made fine .
God made the body and has given more care to the parts that need it .
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He did this so that the body would not be divided into groups ,
but all the parts would help each other .
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If one part has trouble ,
then all the other parts are troubled too .
If one part is praised ,
then all the other parts are glad with it .
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Now ,
all of you together are the body of Christ ,
and each one of you is a part of it .
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God has given each person their right place in the church .
First ,
there are the apostles .
Second ,
there are prophets who speak words from God .
Third ,
there are those who teach .
Then there are those who do big works .
Then there are those who have the gifts to heal people ,
those who help in the work of the church people ,
those who lead and guide others ,
and those who speak Gods words in different kinds of tongues or languages .
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Are all the people apostles ?
Can they all speak words from God ?
Can they all teach ?
Can they all do big works ?
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Do they all have the gifts to heal the sick people ?
Can they all speak in different tongues ?
Can they all tell the meaning of these tongues ?
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You should seek after the best gifts .
But I will show you a way that is much better than any of them !
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