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1 Corinthians 12:11With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:4-111 Cor 14:1-181 Cor 14:37Eph 4:11
1 Corinthians 12:22You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:31 Thess 1:9Ps 115:5Gal 4:8Eph 2:11-121 Cor 6:11Hab 2:18-19Jer 10:5Eph 4:17-18Ps 115:7
1 Corinthians 12:33So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 4:2-3Matt 16:16-17Rom 10:92 Cor 3:5John 13:131 Cor 8:6John 15:26Matt 22:431 Cor 16:22Deut 21:23
1 Corinthians 12:44Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:101 Cor 12:28Rom 12:4-61 Cor 12:8-11Heb 2:4Eph 4:4-6Eph 4:11
1 Corinthians 12:55And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:11-12Rom 12:6-8Rom 14:8-91 Cor 8:6Matt 23:101 Cor 12:28-29Acts 10:36Phil 2:11
1 Corinthians 12:66And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:111 Cor 3:7John 5:17Col 3:11Eph 4:6Heb 13:21Phil 2:13Col 1:291 Cor 15:28Eph 1:19-23
1 Corinthians 12:77To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:10-11Rom 12:6-81 Cor 14:191 Cor 14:121 Cor 14:171 Cor 14:22-26Eph 4:7-121 Cor 14:5Matt 25:14-30
1 Corinthians 12:88For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 2:61 Cor 2:6-10Eph 1:17-181 Cor 1:52 Cor 8:7Ps 143:101 Cor 1:30Gen 41:38-39Isa 11:2-3Neh 9:20
1 Corinthians 12:99to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 5:14-152 Cor 4:13Eph 2:8Heb 11:331 Cor 13:2Matt 17:19-201 Cor 12:28Matt 21:211 Cor 12:30Acts 4:29-31
1 Corinthians 12:1010to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 14:391 John 4:1Mark 16:171 Cor 12:28-301 Cor 14:31-32Joel 2:281 Cor 14:26-29Gal 3:5Mark 16:201 Cor 14:1-5
1 Corinthians 12:1111It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:4Heb 2:42 Cor 10:131 Cor 12:6Eph 4:71 Cor 7:171 Cor 7:7Dan 4:35Eph 1:11Jas 1:18
1 Corinthians 12:1212For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body—though many—are one body, so too is Christ.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:4-5Col 3:151 Cor 12:27Eph 4:15-16Col 2:19Eph 5:301 Cor 10:17Eph 4:4Col 1:18Eph 4:12
1 Corinthians 12:1313For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:5Col 3:11Gal 3:28John 7:37-391 Pet 3:21Rom 6:3-6Acts 1:5Eph 2:11-22John 4:10John 4:14
1 Corinthians 12:1414For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:27-281 Cor 12:121 Cor 12:19Eph 4:25
1 Corinthians 12:1515If the foot says, “Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 9:8-152 Kgs 14:9
1 Corinthians 12:1616And if the ear says, “Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:31 Cor 12:22Phil 2:3Rom 12:10
1 Corinthians 12:1717If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 139:13-161 Cor 12:21Prov 20:12Ps 94:91 Cor 12:29
1 Corinthians 12:1818But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:281 Cor 12:11Rom 12:31 Cor 3:5Luke 12:321 Cor 12:24Luke 10:21Ps 135:61 Cor 15:38Isa 46:10
1 Corinthians 12:1919If they were all the same member, where would the body be?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI
1 Corinthians 12:2020So now there are many members, but one body.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:141 Cor 12:12
1 Corinthians 12:2121The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” nor in turn can the head say to the foot, “I do not need you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 10:1-5Neh 4:16-21Job 29:11
1 Corinthians 12:2222On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 14:28Eccl 9:14-15Eccl 4:9-122 Cor 1:11Eccl 5:9
1 Corinthians 12:2323and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 3:21
1 Corinthians 12:2424but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 2:25Gen 3:11
1 Corinthians 12:2525so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 13:111 Cor 1:10-12John 17:21-262 Cor 8:161 Cor 3:32 Cor 7:12
1 Corinthians 12:2626If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 12:15Gal 6:2Heb 13:31 Pet 3:8
1 Corinthians 12:2727Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:12Eph 5:30Col 1:24Rom 12:51 Cor 12:121 Cor 12:14-20Eph 1:23Eph 5:23Col 1:18
1 Corinthians 12:2828And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 4:11-13Rom 12:6-81 Cor 12:181 Cor 12:7-111 Tim 5:17Eph 2:20Eph 3:5Heb 13:24Heb 13:17Acts 20:28
1 Corinthians 12:2929Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:4-111 Cor 12:14-20
1 Corinthians 12:3030Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 12:10
1 Corinthians 12:3131But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 13:1-14:11 Cor 14:39Matt 5:6Phil 3:81 Cor 8:1Luke 10:42Heb 11:4
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