1 Corinthians 12

Bishops^{(i) 1} Concernyng spirituall gyftes, brethren, I woulde not haue you ignoraunt ² Ye knowe yt ye were gentiles, and caryed away vnto dumbe idols, as ye were led ³ Wherfore I declare vnto you, that no man speakyng by the spirite of God, defieth Iesus. Also no man can say that Iesus is ye Lord, but by the holy ghost ⁴ There are diuersities of gyftes, but the spirite [is] one ⁵ And there are differences of administrations, but the Lorde [is] one ⁶ And there are diuers maners of operations, but God is one, which worketh all in all ⁷ The manifestation of the spirite, is geuen to euery man, to profite withall ⁸ For to one is geuen by the spirite, the worde of wisdome, to another the word of knowledge, by the same spirite ⁹ To another [is geuen] fayth, by the same spirite: to another the giftes of healyng by the same spirite ¹⁰ To another, power to do miracles, to another, prophesie, to another [iudgement] to discerne spirites, to another, diuers kyndes of tongues, to another, the interpretation of tongues ¹¹ But these all worketh euen one and the selfe same spirite, deuidyng to euery man a seuerall gyft, as he wyll ¹² For as the body is one, & hath many members, and all the members of one body, though they be many, [yet] are [but] one body: euen so is Christe ¹³ For by one spirite, are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Iewes or gentiles, whether [we be] bonde or free: and haue all drunke of one spirite ¹⁴ For the body is not one member, but many ¹⁵ If the foote woulde say, because I am not the hande, I am not of the body: is it therfore not of the body ¹⁶ And yf the eare woulde say, because I am not the eye, I am not of the body: is it therfore not of the body ¹⁷ If all the body [were] an eye, where were then the hearyng? If all [were] hearyng, where were the smellyng ¹⁸ But nowe hath God set ye members, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased hym ¹⁹ For yf they were all one member, where were the body ²⁰ Nowe are there many members, yet but one body ²¹ And the eye can not say vnto ye hande, I haue no neede of thee: Nor, the head agayne to the feete, I haue no neede of you ²² Yea, rather a great deale, those members of the body which seeme to be more feeble, are necessary ²³ And vpon those members of the body which we thynke least honest, put we more honestie on. And our vncomely partes, haue more comelynesse on ²⁴ For our comely members neede it not: But God hath tempered the body together, and hath geuen the more honour to that [part] which lacked ²⁵ Lest there shoulde be any stryfe in the body: but that the members shoulde haue the same care one for another ²⁶ And yf one member suffer, all suffer with it. If one member be had in honour, all the members reioyce with it ²⁷ Ye are the body of Christe, and members one of another ²⁸ And God hath ordayned some in the Churche, first Apostles, secondarely, prophetes, thirdely teachers, then them that do miracles: after that, the giftes of healyng, helpers, gouernours, diuersitie of tongues ²⁹ Are all, Apostles? are all, prophetes? are all, teachers ³⁰ Are all, doers of miracles? Haue all the giftes of healyng? Do all speake with tongues? Do all interprete ³¹ Couet after the best giftes: And yet shew I vnto you a more excellent way