X.
Dealing with the gifts
12:1—14:40
A.
The governing principle
12:1-3
1 Cor. 12
:1
12:1
Now concerning
1aspiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be
bignorant.
1 Cor. 12
:2
12:2
You know that when you were
aGentiles, you were
always being led away to
bdumb idols, whenever and however you were
1led.
1 Cor. 12
:3
12:3
Therefore I make known to you that no one
1speaking in the
aSpirit of God says, Jesus
is 2accursed; and
3no one can say,
bJesus is Lord! except in the
cHoly Spirit.
B.
The manifestation of the Spirit
12:4-11
1 Cor. 12
:4
12:4
1But there are
2distinctions of
3agifts, but the
bsame Spirit;
1 Cor. 12
:5
12:5
And there are distinctions of
1aministries, yet the
bsame Lord;
1 Cor. 12
:6
12:6
And there are distinctions of
1operations, but the
asame 2God, who
boperates all things in all.
1 Cor. 12
:7
12:7
But to
aeach one is given the
1manifestation of the Spirit
2for bwhat is profitable.
1 Cor. 12
:8
12:8
For to one through the Spirit a
1word of
awisdom is given, and to another a
1word of
bknowledge, according to the same Spirit;
1 Cor. 12
:9
12:9
To a different one
1afaith in the same Spirit, and to another
2gifts of
bhealing in the one Spirit,
1 Cor. 12
:10
12:10
And to another operations of
1aworks of power, and to another
2bprophecy, and to another
3cdiscerning of spirits; to a different one
various kinds of
4dtongues, and to another
5einterpretation of tongues.
1 Cor. 12
:11
12:11
But the one and the same Spirit operates all these things,
adistributing to each one respectively even as He
bpurposes.
C.
One Body with many members
12:12-27
1.
The constitution of the Body
vv. 12-13
1 Cor. 12
:12
12:12
1For even as the body is
aone and has many
bmembers, yet all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is
2the Christ.
1 Cor. 12
:13
12:13
For also in
1aone Spirit we were all
bbaptized into
2cone Body, whether
3dJews or Greeks, whether
4slaves or free, and were all given to
5edrink one
fSpirit.
2.
The indispensability of the members
vv. 14-22
1 Cor. 12
:14
12:14
For the body is not one member but
amany.
1 Cor. 12
:15
12:15
If the foot should say, Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,
it is not
that because of this it is not of the body.
1 Cor. 12
:16
12:16
And if the ear should say, Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,
it is not
that because of this it is not of the body.
1 Cor. 12
:17
12:17
If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were the hearing, where would the smelling be?
1 Cor. 12
:18
12:18
But now God has
aplaced the members, each one of them, in the body, even as He
bwilled.
1 Cor. 12
:19
12:19
And if all were one member, where would the body be?
1 Cor. 12
:20
12:20
But now the members are many, but the body
aone.
1 Cor. 12
:21
12:21
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.
1 Cor. 12
:22
12:22
But much rather the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.
3.
The blending together of the members
vv. 23-27
1 Cor. 12
:23
12:23
And those
members of the body which we consider to be less honorable, these we clothe with more abundant honor; and our uncomely
members come to have more abundant comeliness,
1 Cor. 12
:24
12:24
But our comely
members have no need. But God has
1blended the body together, giving more abundant honor to the
member that lacked,
1 Cor. 12
:25
12:25
That there would be no
adivision in the body, but
that the members would have the
1same care for one another.
1 Cor. 12
:26
12:26
And whether one member
asuffers, all the members suffer with
it; or one member is glorified, all the members
brejoice with
it.
1 Cor. 12
:27
12:27
Now you are the Body of Christ, and
amembers individually.
D.
The placing of the gifts
12:28-31
1 Cor. 12
:28
12:28
And God has
aplaced some in the
1bchurch: first
2capostles, second
3dprophets, third
4eteachers; then
5fworks of power, then
6gifts of
ghealing,
7helps,
8hadministrations,
various kinds of
9itongues.
1 Cor. 12
:29
12:29
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all
have works of power?
1 Cor. 12
:30
12:30
Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all
ainterpret tongues?
1 Cor. 12
:31
12:31
But 1earnestly adesire the
2bgreater gifts. And moreover I show to you a
3most excellent way.
