哥林多前书 12

属灵的恩赐

1 弟兄们，关于属灵的恩赐t，我不愿意你们不明白。 2 你们知道，你们作外邦人的时候，随事被引诱，受了迷惑去拜不会出声的偶像。 3 所以，我要你们知道，被上帝的灵感动的，没有人会说“耶稣该受诅咒”；若不是被圣灵感动的，也没有人能说“耶稣是主”。

4 恩赐有许多种，却是同一位圣灵所赐。 5 事奉有许多种，却是事奉同一位主。 6 工作有许多种，却是同一位上帝在万人中运行万事。 7 圣灵彰显在各人身上，是要使人得益处。 8 有人藉着圣灵领受智慧的言语；有人也靠着同一位圣灵领受知识的言语； 9 又有人由同一位圣灵领受信心；还有人由同一位圣灵领受医病的恩赐； 10 又有人能行异能，又有人能作先知，又有人能辨别诸灵，又有人能说方言t，又有人能翻方言。 11 这一切都是由惟一的、同一位圣灵所运行，随着自己的旨意分给各人的。

一个身体有许多肢体

12 就如身体是一个，却有许多肢体，身体的肢体虽多，仍是一个身体；基督也是这样。 13 我们无论是犹太人是希腊人，是为奴的是自主的，都从一位圣灵受洗成了一个身体，并且共享这位圣灵。

14 身体原不只是一个肢体，而是许多肢体。 15 假如脚说：“我不是手，所以不属于身体”，它不能因此就不属于身体。 16 假如耳朵说：“我不是眼睛，所以不属于身体”，它也不能因此就不属于身体。 17 假如全身是眼睛，听觉在哪里呢？假如全身是耳朵，嗅觉在哪里呢？ 18 但现在上帝随自己的意思把肢体一一安置在身体上了。 19 假如全都是一个肢体，身体在哪里呢？ 20 但现在肢体虽多，身体还是一个。 21 眼睛不能对手说：“我用不着你。”头也不能对脚说：“我用不着你。” 22 不但如此，身上的肢体，人以为软弱的，更是不可缺少的； 23 身上的肢体，我们认为不体面的，越发给它加上体面；我们不雅观的，越发装饰得雅观。 24 我们雅观的肢体自然用不着装饰；但上帝配搭这身子，把加倍的体面给那有缺欠的肢体， 25 免得身体不协调，总要肢体彼此照顾。 26 假如一个肢体受苦，所有的肢体就一同受苦；假如一个肢体得光荣，所有的肢体就一同快乐。

27 你们是基督的身体，并且各自都是肢体。 28 上帝在教会所设立的：第一是使徒；第二是先知；第三是教师；其次是行异能的；再次是医病的恩赐，帮助人的，治理事的，说方言的。 29 难道个个都是使徒吗？难道个个都是先知吗？难道个个都是教师吗？难道个个都是行异能的吗？ 30 难道个个都是有医病的恩赐吗？难道个个都是说方言的吗？难道个个都是翻方言的吗？ 31 你们要追求那更大的恩赐。

爱

我现今把最妙的道指示你们。

1 CORINTHIANS 12

Spiritual Gifts

1 My friends, you asked me about spiritual gifts. 2 I want you to remember that before you became followers of the Lord, you were led in all the wrong ways by idols that cannot even talk.

3 Now I want you to know that if you are led by God's Spirit, you will say that Jesus is Lord, and you will never curse Jesus.
4  t There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but they all come from the same Spirit. 5 There are different ways to serve the same Lord,

6 and we can each do different things. Yet the same God works in all of us and helps us in everything we do.
7 The Spirit has given each of us a special way of serving others. 8 Some of us can speak with wisdom, while others can speak with knowledge, but these gifts come from the same Spirit. 9 To others the Spirit has given great faith or the power to heal the sick 10 or the power to work mighty miracles. Some of us are prophets, and some of us recognize when God's Spirit is present.t Others can speak different kinds of languages, and still others can tell what these languages mean.

11 But it is the Spirit who does all this and decides which gifts to give to each of us.

One Body with Many Parts

12  t The body of Christ has many different parts, just as any other body does.

13 Some of us are Jews, and others are Gentiles. Some of us are slaves, and others are free. But God's Spirit baptized each of us and made us part of the body of Christ. Now we each drink from that same Spirit.t
14 Our bodies don't have just one part. They have many parts. 15 Suppose a foot says, “I'm not a hand, and so I'm not part of the body.” Wouldn't the foot still belong to the body? 16 Or suppose an ear says, “I'm not an eye, and so I'm not part of the body.” Wouldn't the ear still belong to the body? 17 If our bodies were only an eye, we couldn't hear a thing. And if they were only an ear, we couldn't smell a thing.

18 But God has put all parts of our body together in the way that he decided is best.
19 A body isn't really a body, unless there is more than one part. 20 It takes many parts to make a single body. 21 That's why the eyes cannot say they don't need the hands. That's also why the head cannot say it doesn't need the feet. 22 In fact, we cannot get along without the parts of the body that seem to be the weakest. 23 We take special care to dress up some parts of our bodies. We are modest about our personal parts,

24 but we don't have to be modest about other parts.
God put our bodies together in such a way that even the parts that seem the least important are valuable. 25 He did this to make all parts of the body work together smoothly, with each part caring about the others.

26 If one part of our body hurts, we hurt all over. If one part of our body is honored, the whole body will be happy.
27 Together you are the body of Christ. Each one of you is part of his body. 28 t First, God chose some people to be apostles and prophets and teachers for the church. But he also chose some to work miracles or heal the sick or help others or be leaders or speak different kinds of languages. 29 Not everyone is an apostle. Not everyone is a prophet. Not everyone is a teacher. Not everyone can work miracles. 30 Not everyone can heal the sick. Not everyone can speak different kinds of languages. Not everyone can tell what these languages mean. 31 I want you to desire the best gifts.t So I will show you a much better way.