1Cor 12:12-30 | NASB1995 | STEP | For even as the body is one and yet has many members , and all the members of the body , though they are many , are one body , so also is Christ .

1 Corinthians 12:12-30

12 For even ^aas the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, ^bso also is Christ. 13 For ^{▼▼ Or in
,} ^dby one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether ^eJews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to ^fdrink of one Spirit.

14 For ^gthe body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ^{▼▼ Lit not a part}any the less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ^{▼▼ Lit not a part}any the less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has ^jplaced the members, each one of them, in the body, ^kjust as He desired. 19 If they were all one member, where would the body be? 20 But now ^lthere are many members, but one body. 21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” 22 On the contrary, ^{▼▼ Lit to a much greater degree the members}it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; 23 and those members of the body which we ^{▼▼ Or think to be}deem less honorable, ^{▼▼ Or these we clothe with}on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable, 24 whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, 25 so that there may be no ^{▼▼ Lit schism}division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. 26 And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is ^{▼▼ Lit glorified}honored, all the members rejoice with it.

27 Now you are ^rChrist’s body, and ^sindividually members of it. 28 And God has ^{▼▼ Lit set some in
,} ^uappointed in ^vthe church, first ^wapostles, second ^xprophets, third ^yteachers, then ^{▼▼ Or works of power
,} ^aamiracles, then ^abgifts of healings, helps, ^acadministrations, various ^adkinds of tongues. 29 All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of ^{▼▼ Or works of power}miracles, are they? 30 All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not ^afinterpret, do they?