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1 Corinthians 12:12-31 — One Body with Many Members

1Cor.12.12-31

¹²For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of the body, though being many, are one body, so also is Christ. ¹³For indeed, by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. ¹⁴For indeed, the body is not one part, but many. ¹⁵If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body. ¹⁶And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body. ¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸But as it is, God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body just as he willed. ¹⁹And if they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰But as it is, there are many parts, yet one body. ²¹The 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.” ²²But much rather, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, ²³and those parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, ²⁴whereas our presentable parts have no need . But God has composed the body together, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, ²⁵so that there may be no division in the body, but rather that the parts may have the same care for one another. ²⁶And whether one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; or whether a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it. ²⁷Now you are the body of Christ, and individually parts of it. ²⁸And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. ²⁹Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all work miracles, do they? ³⁰Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they? ³¹But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And furthermore, I show you a surpassingly excellent way.

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4/11/2026

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