3. So I want you to know that no one speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is cursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
4. There are different spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them.
5. There are different ways of serving, and yet the same Lord is served.
6. There are different types of work to do, but the same God produces every gift in every person.
7. The evidence of the Spirit’s presence is given to each person for the common good of everyone.
8. The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak with wisdom. The same Spirit gives another person the ability to speak with knowledge.
9. To another person the same Spirit gives ⌊courageous⌋ faith. To another person the same Spirit gives the ability to heal.
10. Another can work miracles. Another can speak what God has revealed. Another can tell the difference between spirits. Another can speak in different kinds of languages. Another can interpret languages.
11. There is only one Spirit who does all these things by giving what God wants to give to each person.
12. For example, the body is one unit and yet has many parts. As all the parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
13. By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether we are Jewish or Greek, slave or free, God gave all of us one Spirit to drink.
14. As you know, the human body is not made up of only one part, but of many parts.
15. Suppose a foot says, “I’m not a hand, so I’m not part of the body!” Would that mean it’s no longer part of the body?
16. Or suppose an ear says, “I’m not an eye, so I’m not a part of the body!” Would that mean it’s no longer part of the body?
17. If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell?