1Corinthians:12:12-31
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For as the body is one ,
and hath many members ,
and all the members of the body ,
being many ,
are one body ,
so it is with Christ .
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For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body ,
whether Jews or Greeks ,
whether slaves or freemen ;
and were all made to drink one Spirit .
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For the body also is not one member ,
but many .
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If the foot say ,
Because I am not a hand ,
I am not of the body ,
is it for this reason not of the body ?
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And if the ear say ,
Because I am not an eye ,
I am not of the body ,
is it for this reason not of the body ?
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If the whole body were an eye ,
where would be the hearing ?
If the whole were hearing ,
where would be the smelling ?
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But as it is ,
God set the members every one of them in the body ,
as it pleased him .
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And if they were all one member ,
where would be the body ?
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But now there are ,
indeed ,
many members ,
but one body .
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And the eye cannot say to the hand ,
I have no need of thee ;
nor ,
again ,
the head to the feet ,
I have no need of you .
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Nay ,
still more ,
those members of the body which seem to be weak ,
are necessary ;
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and what we think to be less honorable parts of the body ,
upon these we bestow more abundant honor ;
and our unseemly parts have more abundant seemliness ;
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while our seemly parts have no need .
But God so put the body together ,
as to give special honor to that part which lacked ,
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that there might be no schism in the body ,
but that the members should have the same care one for another .
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And so if one member suffereth ,
all the members suffer with it ;
or if one member is honored ,
all the members rejoice with it .
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Now ye are the body of Christ ,
and members individually .
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God appointed some in the church to be ,
in the first place ,
apostles ,
in the second place ,
prophets ,
in the third place ,
teachers ,
then miracles ,
then gifts of healing ,
those of helping and of governing ,
divers kinds of tongues .
Are all apostles ?
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Are all prophets ?
Are all teachers ?
Are all workers of miracles ?
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Have all the gifts of healing ?
Do all speak with tongues ?
Do all interpret ?
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But desire earnestly the greater gifts .
And furthermore I show you by far the most excellent way .
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