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Corinthians 12:1-26
1. Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to
be ignorant.
2. You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you
were influenced and led astray to mute idols.
3. Therefore I tell you that no one who is speaking by the
Spirit of God says, "Jesus be cursed," and no one
can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit.
4. There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
6. There are different kinds of working, but the same God
works all of them in all men.
7. Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given
for the common good.
8. To one there is given through the Spirit the message of
wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the
same Spirit,
9. to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of
healing by that one Spirit,
10. to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to
another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in
different kinds of tongues, and to still another the
interpretation of tongues.
11. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he
gives them to each one, just as he determines.
12. The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts;
and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it
is with Christ.
13. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one
body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all
given the one Spirit to drink.
14. Now the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15. If the foot should say, "Because I am not a hand, I
do not belong to the body," it would not for that reason
cease to be part of the body.
16. And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye,
I do not belong to the body," it would not for that
reason cease to be part of the body.
17. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of
hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the
sense of smell be?
18. But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every
one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
19. If they were all one part, where would the body be?
20. As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
21. The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need
you!" And the head cannot say to the feet, "I don't
need you!"
22. On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be
weaker are indispensable,
23. and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat
with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are
treated with special modesty,
24. while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But
God has combined the members of the body and has given greater
honor to the parts that lacked it,
25. so that there should be no division in the body, but that
its parts should have equal concern for each other.
26. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one
part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
Philippians
2:1-8
1. If you have any encouragement from being united with
Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with
the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion,
2. then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the
same love, being one in spirit and purpose.
3. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in
humility consider others better than yourselves.
4. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but
also to the interests of others.
5. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:
6. Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality
with God something to be grasped,
7. but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a
servant, being made in human likeness.
8. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself
and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!
Galatians
5:13-15
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You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your
freedom to indulge the sinful nature ; rather, serve one
another in love.
14. The entire law is summed up in a single command:
"Love your neighbor as yourself."
15. If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out
or you will be destroyed by each other.
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