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First Epistle to the Corinthians, Chapter 12

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1 Corinthians 12 NWT - New World Translation1 Corinthians 12 NWT - New World Translation

Chapter 12 of 1 Corinthians—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Now concerning the spiritual gifts,[a]1 brothers, I do not want YOU to be ignorant.
  2. YOU know that when YOU were people of the nations,2 YOU were being led away to those voiceless3 idols4 just as YOU happened to be led.
  3. Therefore I would have YOU know that nobody when speaking by God’s spirit says: “Jesus is accursed!”[b]5 and nobody can say: “Jesus is Lord!” except by holy spirit.6
  4. ¶ Now there are varieties of gifts,[c]7 but there is the same spirit;8
  5. and there are varieties of ministries,9 and yet there is the same Lord;10
  6. and there are varieties of operations,11 and yet it is the same God12 who performs all the operations in all persons.13
  7. But the manifestation of the spirit is given to each one for a beneficial purpose.14
  8. For example, to one there is given through the spirit speech of wisdom,15 to another speech of knowledge16 according to the same spirit,
  9. to another faith17 by the same spirit, to another gifts of healings18 by that one spirit,
  10. to yet another operations of powerful works,[d]19 to another prophesying,20 to another discernment21 of inspired utterances,[e]22 to another different tongues,23 and to another interpretation24 of tongues.
  11. But all these operations the one and the same spirit performs,25 making a distribution26 to each one respectively just as it wills.27
  12. ¶ For just as the body is one but has many members, and all the members of that body, although being many, are one body,28 so also is the Christ.29
  13. For truly by one spirit we were all baptized30 into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink31 one spirit.
  14. ¶ For the body, indeed, is not one member, but many.32
  15. If the foot should say: “Because I am not a hand, I am no part of the body,” it is not for this reason no part of the body.33
  16. And if the ear should say: “Because I am not an eye, I am no part of the body,” it is not for this reason no part of the body.34
  17. If the whole body were an eye, where would the [sense of] hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the smelling be?
  18. But now God has set the members in the body, each one of them, just as he pleased.35
  19. ¶ If they were all one member,36 where would the body be?
  20. But now they are many members,37 yet one body.
  21. The eye cannot say to the hand: “I have no need of you”; or, again, the head [cannot say] to the feet: “I have no need of YOU.”
  22. But much rather is it the case that the members of the body which seem to be weaker38 are necessary,
  23. and the parts of the body which we think to be less honorable, these we surround with more abundant honor,39 and so our unseemly parts have the more abundant comeliness,
  24. whereas our comely parts do not need anything. Nevertheless, God compounded[f] the body, giving honor more abundant to the part which had a lack,
  25. so that there should be no division[g] in the body, but that its members should have the same care for one another.40
  26. And if one member suffers, all the other members suffer41 with it; or if a member is glorified,42 all the other members rejoice with it.43
  27. ¶ Now YOU are Christ’s body, and members individually.44
  28. And God has set the respective ones in the congregation,45 first, apostles;46 second, prophets;47 third, teachers;48 then powerful works;[h]49 then gifts of healings;50 helpful services,51 abilities to direct,[i]52 different tongues.53
  29. Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform powerful works, do they?[j]
  30. Not all have gifts of healings, do they? Not all speak in tongues,54 do they? Not all are translators,55 are they?
  31. But keep zealously seeking the greater[k] gifts.56 And yet I show YOU a surpassing way.57

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “the spiritual things”; or, “the spiritual persons.” Lit., “the spiritual (things).” Gr., ton pneu·ma·ti·konʹ; Vgc(Lat.), spi·ri·tu·aʹli·bus.
  2. ^ Lit., “anathema.” Gr., A·naʹthe·ma.
  3. ^ Lit., “of gracious gifts.” Gr., kha·ri·smaʹton.
  4. ^ Or, “of miracles.”
  5. ^ Lit., “of spirits.” Gr., pneu·maʹton.
  6. ^ Lit., “mixed together.” Gr., sy·ne·keʹra·sen.
  7. ^ Or, “split.” Gr., skhiʹsma, “schism”; Lat., sciʹsma.
  8. ^ “Powerful works.” Or, “miracles.”
  9. ^ Lit., “steerings.” Gr., ky·ber·neʹseis; Lat., gu·ber·na·ti·oʹnes.
  10. ^ Lit., “Not all are powers, are they?”
  11. ^ Or, “the greatest.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Co 14:1, 37
  2. ^ Eph 2:12
  3. ^ Ps 115:5; Hab 2:18
  4. ^ 1Co 8:4; Ga 4:8; 1Th 1:9; 1Pe 4:3
  5. ^ Mr 9:39; 1Jo 4:3
  6. ^ Mt 16:17; 1Jo 4:2
  7. ^ Heb 2:4; 1Pe 4:10
  8. ^ Eph 4:4
  9. ^ Ro 12:7; Eph 4:11
  10. ^ Eph 4:5
  11. ^ Ac 2:43
  12. ^ Eph 4:6
  13. ^ 1Pe 4:11
  14. ^ 1Co 14:26; Eph 4:7
  15. ^ Eph 1:17
  16. ^ 1Co 14:6; 2Co 8:7
  17. ^ 1Co 13:2; 2Co 4:13
  18. ^ Ac 3:7; 28:9
  19. ^ Heb 2:4
  20. ^ Ro 12:6
  21. ^ 1Co 14:29
  22. ^ 1Jo 4:1
  23. ^ Ac 10:46; 1Co 14:18
  24. ^ 1Co 14:26
  25. ^ 1Co 12:6
  26. ^ Ro 12:3; 1Co 7:7; Eph 4:7
  27. ^ Heb 2:4
  28. ^ Ro 12:5
  29. ^ Ro 7:4; 1Co 10:16; Eph 4:12
  30. ^ Eph 4:5
  31. ^ Jn 4:14; 7:37; Re 22:17
  32. ^ Eph 4:16
  33. ^ Eph 4:25
  34. ^ Eph 5:30
  35. ^ Pr 20:12; 1Co 15:38
  36. ^ Ro 12:4; 1Co 12:14
  37. ^ 1Co 12:14
  38. ^ Ec 9:15; Ro 9:23; 1Co 1:26
  39. ^ Ge 3:7, 21; 2Ti 2:20
  40. ^ Ro 12:10; Eph 4:25
  41. ^ Ga 6:2; Heb 13:3; 1Pe 5:9
  42. ^ Ro 8:17
  43. ^ Ro 12:15; 1Pe 3:8; 4:13
  44. ^ Ro 12:5; Eph 1:23; Col 1:24
  45. ^ 1Co 12:18
  46. ^ Eph 2:20
  47. ^ Ac 13:1
  48. ^ Eph 4:11
  49. ^ Ga 3:5
  50. ^ Ac 5:16
  51. ^ Ac 18:27
  52. ^ Ro 12:8; 1Co 3:10; Heb 13:17
  53. ^ Ac 2:6
  54. ^ 1Co 14:4
  55. ^ 1Co 14:5
  56. ^ 1Co 14:1
  57. ^ 1Co 13:8

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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