1Cor 12:7-21 | ESV | STEP | To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good .

1 Corinthians 12:7-21

7 ^aTo each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of ^bwisdom, and to another the utterance of ^cknowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another ^dfaith by the same Spirit, to another ^egifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another ^fthe working of miracles, to another ^gprophecy, to another ^hthe ability to distinguish between spirits, to another ⁱvarious kinds of tongues, to another ^jthe interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, ^kwho apportions to each one individually ^las he wills.

One Body with Many Members

12 For just as ^mthe body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, ⁿso it is with Christ. 13 For ^oin one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— ^pJews or Greeks, slaves ^{▼▼Or servants; Greek bondservants} or free—and ^rall were made to drink of one Spirit.

14 For the body does not consist of one member but of many. 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the sense of hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? 18 But as it is, ^sGod arranged the members in the body, each one of them, ^tas he chose. 19 If all were a single member, where would the body be? 20 As it is, there are many parts, ^{▼▼Or members; also verse 22} yet one body.

21 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.”