Spiritual Gifts

¹Now mconcerning1 spiritual gifts,2 brothers,3 I do not want you to be uninformed. ²You know that nwhen you were pagans oyou were led astray to pmute idols, however you were led. ³Therefore I want you to understand that qno one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is raccursed!” and sno one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.

⁴Now tthere are varieties of gifts, but uthe same Spirit; ⁵and vthere are varieties of service, but uthe same Lord; ⁶and there are varieties of activities, but it is uthe same God who empowers them all in everyone. ⁷wTo each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. ⁸For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of xwisdom, and to another the utterance of yknowledge according to the same Spirit, ⁹to another zfaith by the same Spirit, to another agifts of healing by the one Spirit, ¹⁰to another bthe working of miracles, to another cprophecy, to another dthe ability to distinguish between spirits, to another evarious kinds of tongues, to another fthe interpretation of tongues. ¹¹All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, gwho apportions to each one individually has he wills.

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