Indeed, the body is not one part but many.If the foot should say,“ Because I’m not a hand, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.And if the ear should say,“ Because I’m not an eye, I don’t belong to the body,” it is not for that reason any less a part of the body.If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?But as it is, God has arranged each one of the parts in the body just as he wanted.And if they were all the same part, where would the body be?As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.There are different ministries, but the same Lord.And there are different activities, but the same God works all of them in each person.A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good:to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit,to another, faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit,to another, the performing of miracles, to another, prophecy, to another, distinguishing between spirits, to another, different kinds of tongues, to another, interpretation of tongues.One and the same Spirit is active in all these, distributing to each person as he wills.
