4There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.

5There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord.

6God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.

7A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.

8To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice12:8a Or gives a word of wisdom.; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge.12:8b Or gives a word of knowledge.

9The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing.

10He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages,12:10 Or in various tongues; also in 12:28, 30. while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.

11It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.

14Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part.

15If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body.

16And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body?

17If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would you smell anything?

18But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where he wants it.

19How strange a body would be if it had only one part!

20Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.

21The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.”

22In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important are actually the most necessary.

23And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should not be seen,

24while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are given to those parts that have less dignity.

25This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other.

26If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad.

27All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.

28Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church:

29Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we all have the power to do miracles?

30Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of course not!

31So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts.