1 Corinthians 12:1 Cross References - Williams

¹ About spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be without information.

¹ For I would not have you, brothers, to be ignorant of the fact that though our forefathers were all made safe by the cloud, and all went securely through the sea, and in the cloud and the sea

⁴ There are varieties of gifts, but the Spirit is the same in all; ⁵ there are varieties of service, but the Lord to be served is the same; ⁶ there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who does all things by putting energy in us all. ⁷ To each of us is given a special spiritual illumination for the common good. ⁸ To one, wise speech is given by the Spirit; to another, by the same Spirit, intelligent speech is given; ⁹ to another, through union with the same Spirit, faith; to another, by one and the same Spirit, power to cure the sick; ¹⁰ to another, power for working wonders; to another, prophetic insight; to another, the power to discriminate between the true Spirit and false spirits; to another, various ecstatic utterances; and to another, the power to explain them. ¹¹ But the one and same Spirit accomplishes all these achievements, and apportions power to each of us as He chooses.

¹ Keep on pursuing love, but still keep cultivating your spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophesying. ² For whoever speaks in ecstasy is speaking not to men but to God, for no one understands him, and yet by the Spirit he is speaking secret truths. ³ But whoever prophesies is speaking to men for their upbuilding. encouragement, and comfort. ⁴ Whoever speaks in ecstasy builds up himself alone, but whoever prophesies builds up the congregation too. ⁵ I would like for all of you to speak in ecstasy, but I would rather that you prophesy. The man who speaks with real prophetic insight renders greater service than the man who speaks in ecstasy, unless the latter explains it, so the congregation may receive an uplift. ⁶ But as it now is, brothers, if I do come back to you speaking in ecstasy, what good shall I do you, unless my speech contains a revelation or new knowledge or a prophetic message or some teaching? ⁷ Even inanimate things, like the flute or the harp, may give out sounds, but if there is no difference in the notes, how can the tune that is played on the flute or the harp be told? ⁸ Again, indeed, if the bugle does not sound a call distinct and clear, who will prepare for battle? ⁹ So it is with you; unless in your ecstatic speaking you speak a message that is clearly intelligible, how can the message spoken by you be understood? You might just as well be talking to the air! ¹⁰ There are, supposedly, ever so many languages in the world, and not one is without its own meaning. ¹¹ So if I do not know the meaning of the language, I should be a foreigner to the man who speaks it, and he would be a foreigner to me. ¹² So, as you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, you must keep trying to excel for the upbuilding of the church. ¹³ Therefore, the man who speaks in ecstasy must pray for power to explain what he says. ¹⁴ For if I pray in ecstasy, my spirit is praying, but my mind produces no results for anyone. ¹⁵ What is my conclusion then? I will certainly pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind in action too. I will certainly sing with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind in action too. For if you give thanks with your spirit only, ¹⁶ how is the man who occupies the place of the illiterate to say "Amen" to your thanksgiving? For he does not know what you are saying. ¹⁷ You are, indeed, doing right to give thanks, but your neighbor is not built up. ¹⁸ Thank God, I speak in ecstasy more than any of you.

³⁷ If anyone claims to have the prophetic spirit, or any other spiritual gift, let him recognize that what I now am writing is the Lord's command.

⁸ For I do not want you to be uninformed about the sorrow that I suffered in Asia, because I was so crushed beyond any power to endure that I was in dire despair of life itself.

¹¹ And He has given some men to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to be pastors and teachers,

¹³ Also we do not want you to have any misunderstanding, brothers, about those who are falling asleep, so as to keep you from grieving over them as others do who have no hope.

⁸ But you must avoid forgetting this one fact, dearly beloved, that with the Lord a single day is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a single day.