1 Corinthians 12:12-30 — Legacy Standard Bible

¹²For 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. ¹³For also ¹^,^aby one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether ^bJews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to ^cdrink of one Spirit.

¹⁴For also ^athe body is not one member, but many. ¹⁵If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ¹any the less a part of the body. ¹⁶And if the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” it is not for this reason ¹any the less a part of the body. ¹⁷If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸But now God has ^aappointed the members, each one of them, in the body, ^bjust as He desired. ¹⁹And if they were all one member, where would the body be? ²⁰But now ^athere are many members, but one body. ²¹And 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.” ²²On the contrary, how much more is it that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary, ²³and those members of the body which we think as less honorable, ¹on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable, ²⁴whereas our more presentable members have no such need. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, ²⁵so that there may be no ¹division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. ²⁶And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is ¹honored, all the members rejoice with it.

²⁷Now you are ^aChrist’s body, and ^bindividually members of it. ²⁸And God has ¹^,^aappointed in ^bthe church, first ^capostles, second ^dprophets, third ^eteachers, then ²^,^fmiracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues. ²⁹Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of ¹miracles? ³⁰Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all ¹^,^atranslate?