The Concordant Literal New Testament

Paul To The Corinthians (I.)

¹ Now concerning the spiritual endowments, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant.
² You are aware that when you were of the nations, you were led away to the voiceless idols, as ever you were led.
³ Wherefore I am making known to you that no one, speaking by God's spirit, is saying, "Anathema is Jesus." And no one is able to say "Lord is Jesus" except by holy spirit.
⁴ Now there are apportionments of graces, yet the same spirit,
⁵ and there are apportionments of services, and the same Lord,
⁶ and there are apportionments of operations, yet the same God Who is operating all in all.
⁷ Now to each one is being given the manifestation of the spirit, with a view to expedience.
⁸ For to one, indeed, through the spirit, is being given the word of wisdom, yet to another the word of knowledge, according to the same spirit
⁹ yet to another faith, by the same spirit, yet to another the graces of healing, by the one spirit,
¹⁰ yet to another operations of powerful deeds, yet to another prophecy, yet to another discrimination of spirits, yet to another species of languages, yet to another translation of languages.
¹¹ Now all these one and the same spirit is operating, apportioning to each his own, according as He is intending.
¹² For even as the body is one and has many members, yet all the members of the one body, being many, are one body, thus also is the Christ.
¹³ For in one spirit also we all are baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and all are made to imbibe one spirit.
¹⁴ For the body also is not one member, but many.
¹⁵ If the foot should be saying, "Seeing that I am not a hand, I am not of the body," not for this is it not the body.
¹⁶ And if the ear should be saying, "Seeing that I am not an eye, I am not of the body" not for this is it not of the body.
¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where the scent?
¹⁸ Yet now God placed the members, each one of them, in the body according as He wills.
¹⁹ Now if it were all one member, where were the body?
²⁰ Yet now there are, indeed, many members, yet one body.
²¹ Yet the eye can not say to the hand, "I have no need of you," or, again, the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."
²² Nay, much rather, those members of the body supposed to be inherently weaker are necessary,
²³ and which we suppose to be a more dishonored part of the body, these we are investing with more exceeding honor, and our indecent members have more exceeding respectability.
²⁴ Now our respectable members have no need, but God blends the body together, giving to that which is deficient more exceeding honor,
²⁵ that there may be no schism in the body, but the members may be solicitous for one another.
²⁶ And whether one member is suffering, all the members are sympathizing, or one member is being esteemed, all the members are rejoicing with it.
²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and members of a part,
²⁸ whom also God, indeed, placed in the ecclesia, first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, thereupon powers, thereupon graces of healing, supports, pilotage, species of languages.
²⁹ Not all are apostles. Not all are prophets. Not all are teachers. Not all have powers.
³⁰ Not all have the graces of healing. Not all are speaking languages. Not all are interpreting.
³¹ Yet be zealous for the greater graces. And still I am showing you a path, suited to transcendence.

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