1Cor.12.27

You are Christ's body--that's who you are! You must never forget this. Only as you accept your part of that body does your "part" mean anything.

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Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

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Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

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Now all of you together are Christ's body, and each one of you is a separate and necessary part of it.

1Cor.12.28

You're familiar with some of the parts that God has formed in his church, which is his "body": apostles prophets teachers miracle workers healers helpers organizers those who pray in tongues.

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And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.

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And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.

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Here is a list of some of the members that God has placed in the body of Christ: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who can get others to work together, those who speak in unknown languages.

1Cor.12.29

But it's obvious by now, isn't it, that Christ's church is a complete Body and not a gigantic, unidimensional Part? It's not all Apostle, not all Prophet, not all Miracle Worker,

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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

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Is everyone an apostle? Of course not. Is everyone a prophet? No. Are all teachers? Does everyone have the power to do miracles?

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not all Healer, not all Prayer in Tongues, not all Interpreter of Tongues.

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Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

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Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

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Does everyone have the gift of healing? Of course not. Does God give all of us the ability to speak in unknown languages? Can everyone interpret unknown languages? No!

1Cor.12.31

And yet some of you keep competing for so-called "important" parts. But now I want to lay out a far better way for you.

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But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

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But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.

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And in any event, you should desire the most helpful gifts. First, however, let me tell you about something else that is better than any of them!

1Cor.13.1

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

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If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

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Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.

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If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didn't love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal.

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If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing.

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If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

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If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what good would I be? And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody.

1Cor.13.3

If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

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If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

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If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn't love others, I would be of no value whatsoever.

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Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn't want what it doesn't have. Love doesn't strut, Doesn't have a swelled head,

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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

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Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

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Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud

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Doesn't force itself on others, Isn't always "me first," Doesn't fly off the handle, Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,

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It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

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does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

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or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged.

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Doesn't revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,

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Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.

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does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

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It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.

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Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.

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It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

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bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

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Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

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Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit.

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Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

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Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

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Love will last forever, but prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will all disappear.

1Cor.13.9

We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete.

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For we know in part and we prophesy in part,

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For we know in part and we prophesy in part.

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Now we know only a little, and even the gift of prophecy reveals little!

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But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

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but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

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But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

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But when the end comes, these special gifts will all disappear.

1Cor.13.11

When I was an infant at my mother's breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.

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When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.

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When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

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It's like this: When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.

1Cor.13.12

We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!

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Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

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For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

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Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now.

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But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

1Cor.13.13

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

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And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

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There are three things that will endure--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love.