Q&A

1. a. What does Paul want us to not be ignorant of? 12:1
   b. To what have the Gentiles been carried away? 12:2
   c. Does anyone speaking by the Spirit of God call Jesus accursed? 12: 3
   d. Can anyone say that Jesus is their Lord, without the Holy Spirit? 12:3
   
   • ¹ Now concerning spiritual gifts,
     brethren,
     I do not want you to be ignorant:
   • ² You know that you were Gentiles,
     carried away to these dumb idols,
     however you were led.
   • ³ Therefore I make known to you
     that no one speaking
     by the Spirit of God
     calls Jesus accursed,
     and no one can say
     that Jesus is Lord
     except by the Holy Spirit.
2. a. What are there diversities of? 12:4
   b. What are there differences of? 12:5
   c. Who works all in all? 12:6
   
   • ⁴ There are diversities of gifts,
     but the same Spirit.
   • ⁵ There are differences of ministries,
     but the same Lord.
   • ⁶ And there are diversities of activities,
     but it is the same God
     who works all in all.
3. a. What is given to each one? 12:7
   b. Who will this profit? 12:7
   
   • ⁷ But the manifestation
     of the Spirit
     is given to each one
     for
     the profit of all:
4. a. What is given to one? 12:8
   c. What is given to others? 12:8-9
   d. Who works all these things? 12:10
   e. By whose "will" are these distributed? 12:11
   
   • ⁸ for to one is given
     the word of wisdom through the Spirit,
     to another
     the word of knowledge
     through the same Spirit,
   • ⁹ to another
     faith by the same Spirit,
     to another
     gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
   • ¹⁰ to another
     the working of miracles,
     to another
     prophecy,
     to another
     discerning of spirits,
     to another
     different kinds of tongues,
     to another
     the interpretation of tongues.
   • ¹¹ But one
     and the same Spirit
     works all these things,
     distributing to each one
     individually as He wills.
5. As the body is one, and has many members, how many bodies of Christ are there? 12:12
   
   • ¹² For as the body is one
     and has many members,
     but all the members
     of that one body,
     being many,
     are one body,
     so also is Christ.
6. a. By one Spirit, what were we all baptized into? 12:13
   b. Who is included in this one body of Christ? 12:13
   c. What have we all been made to drink into? 12:13
   
   • ¹³ For by one Spirit
     we were all baptized into one body—
     whether
     Jews or Greeks,
     whether
     slaves or free—
     and have all been made
     to drink into one Spirit.
7. a. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not part of the body? 12:15
   b. If the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body,” is it therefore not part of the body? 12:16
   c. Why are not all members the same? 12:17
   
   • ¹⁴ For in fact
     the body
     is not one member
     but many.
   • ¹⁵ If the foot should say,
     “Because I am not a hand,
     I am not of the body,”
     is it therefore
     not of the body?
   • ¹⁶ And if the ear should say,
     “Because I am not an eye,
     I am not of the body,”
     is it therefore
     not of the body?
   • ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye,
     where would be the hearing?
     If the whole were hearing,
     where would be the smelling?
8. a. How did God set the members in the body? 12:18
   b. If they were all one member, would there be a body? 12:19
   c. Can any member of the body say to any other member, "I have no need of you?" 12:20-21
   d. Are members of the body which seem to be weaker, really necessary? 12:22
   
   • ¹⁸ But now God has set
     the members,
     each one of them,
     in the body just as He pleased.
   • ¹⁹ And if they were all one member,
     where would the body be?
   • ²⁰ But now indeed
     there are many members,
     yet one body.
   • ²¹ And the eye
     cannot say to the hand,
     “I have no need of you”;
     nor again
     the head to the feet,
     “I have no need of you.”
   • ²² No, much rather,
     those members of the body
     which seem to be weaker
     are necessary.
9. a. What do we bestow on those members of the body which we think to be less honorable? 12:23
   b. Which parts of the body have more modesty? 12:23
   
   • ²³ And those members
     of the body which we think
     to be less honorable,
     on these we bestow
     greater honor;
     and
     our unpresentable parts
     have greater modesty,
     but our presentable parts
     have no need.
10. a. How has God composed the body,  and given greater honor to? 12:24
    b. Why has God done this? 12:24-25
    c. If one member suffers, who suffers with it? 12:26
    d. If one member is honored, who rejoices with it? 12:26
    
    • ²⁴ But God composed the body,
      having given greater honor
      to that part which lacks it,
    • ²⁵ that there
      should be
      no schism in the body,
      but that the members
      should have the same care
      for one another.
    • ²⁶ And if one member suffers,
      all the members suffer with it;
      or if one member is honored,
      all the members rejoice with it.
11. a. Who is the body of Christ? 12:27
    b. How are we members of it? 12:27
    
    • ²⁷ Now you are
      the body of Christ,
      and
      members individually.
12. In what order has God appointed these gifts in the church? 12:28
    
    • ²⁸ And God has appointed these in the church:
      first
      1. apostles, second
      2. prophets, third
      3. teachers, after that
      4. miracles, then gifts of
      5. healings,
      6. helps,
      7. administrations, varieties of
      8. tongues.
      
13. Does anyone have all of these gifts?12:29-30
    
    • ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?
    • ³⁰ Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all
      interpret?
14. a. What gifts are we to earnestly desire?   12:31 
       See chapter 14: Paul explains the most important gift.
    b. Will he show us the more excellent way? 12:31
       See chapter 13: Paul explains the more excellent way.
    
    • ³¹ But earnestly desire the best gifts.
      And yet I show you a more excellent way.