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1 Corinthians Outline

      • Gifts of the spirit (1-11)

      • One body, many members (12-31)

1 Corinthians 12:1

Marginal References
  • +1Co 14:1
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    g74 4/22 27; w47 5

1 Corinthians 12:2

Footnotes
  • *

    That is, unbelievers.

Marginal References
  • +Ps 115:5; Hab 2:18; 1Co 8:4; Ga 4:8; 1Th 1:9
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w72 692-693; w47 5

1 Corinthians 12:3

Marginal References
  • +1Jo 4:2, 3
Indexes
  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/2007, p. 21

  • Publications Index

    w07 7/15 21


    w72 697; w47 5

1 Corinthians 12:4

Marginal References
  • +Eph 4:4
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    ti 23


    w73 109; w73 372-373; w71 502-505; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:5

Marginal References
  • +Eph 4:11
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    ti 23


    w73 109; w73 372-373; w71 458; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:6

Footnotes
  • *

    Or “operations.”

Marginal References
  • +1Pe 4:11
Indexes
  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/2011, pp. 24-25

  • Publications Index

    w11 12/15 24-25; ti 23


    w73 109; w73 372-373; w71 502-505; w57 686; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:7

Marginal References
  • +1Co 14:26
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    it-2 309


    w73 372-373; w71 503-505; w61 333; w48 279; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:8

Footnotes
  • *

    Or “a message.”

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    it-1 937


    w71 502; ad 655; w69 287; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:9

Marginal References
  • +1Co 13:2
  • +Ac 3:5-8; 28:8, 9
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    it-1 937-938


    w71 502; ad 655; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:10

Footnotes
  • *

    Or “languages.”

Marginal References
  • +Heb 2:3, 4
  • +1Jo 4:1
  • +Ac 10:45, 46; 1Co 14:18
  • +1Co 14:26
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    it-1 410, 938, 1205


    g74 12/22 27; w71 502-503; ad 655; w52 245; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:11

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w73 110; w61 333; w48 279; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:12

Marginal References
  • +Ro 12:4, 5
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    yy 44; kj 58; g64 6/8 28; w63 540; ns 281; w60 467; sr55 83; nh 307; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:13

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    it-1 252, 349; it-2 1022


    w77 663-664; ad 188; kj 58; li 109; g64 6/8 28; g62 3/8 28; ns 281; nh 307; w51 58, 683; w47 6

1 Corinthians 12:14

Marginal References
  • +Eph 4:16

1 Corinthians 12:15

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w60 19; w47 7

1 Corinthians 12:16

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w60 19; w47 7

1 Corinthians 12:17

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w60 19; w47 7

1 Corinthians 12:18

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    it-1 253-254


    w74 137; g63 1/22 9; w62 139; w61 140; w60 19; w53 219; w52 79; w47 7

1 Corinthians 12:19

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w47 7

1 Corinthians 12:20

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    g74 12/8 20-21; w47 7

1 Corinthians 12:21

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w96 7/15 20


    w74 316; w64 68; w60 19; w47 7

1 Corinthians 12:22

Indexes
  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2014, p. 24

  • Publications Index

    w14 6/15 24; w97 10/15 14-15


    km 7/80 1-2; w79 4/15 27; w65 307; w47 8

1 Corinthians 12:23

Marginal References
  • +Ge 3:7, 21
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    km 7/80 1-2; w65 307; w64 694; w62 320; w49 359; w47 8

1 Corinthians 12:24

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w99 2/15 20


    w84 7/15 13; w47 8

1 Corinthians 12:25

Marginal References
  • +Ro 12:10; Ga 6:2; Eph 4:25
Indexes
  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2007, p. 20

    5/15/2004, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    w07 6/15 20; w04 5/15 19; w86 10/15 14


    w81 7/1 5; fl 186; w47 8

1 Corinthians 12:26

Marginal References
  • +Heb 13:3
  • +Ro 12:15
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    yb78 11; yy 44; w60 26; w47 8; w43 72

1 Corinthians 12:27

Marginal References
  • +Eph 1:22, 23
  • +Ro 12:4, 5
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w95 7/1 11


    w63 539-540; ns 281; w56 56; nh 307; w51 58; w47 8-9

1 Corinthians 12:28

Marginal References
  • +Eph 2:20
  • +Ac 13:1
  • +Eph 4:11
  • +Ga 3:5
  • +Ac 5:16
  • +Heb 13:17
  • +Ac 2:6, 7
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    it-1 938


    w72 703-704; ad 656; w61 140; w56 56; nh 307; w52 243; w51 264; w50 448; w47 9

1 Corinthians 12:29

Indexes
  • Publications Index

    w74 447; w51 264; w49 340; w47 9

1 Corinthians 12:30

Footnotes
  • *

    Or “translators.”

Marginal References
  • +1Co 14:4
  • +1Co 14:5
Indexes
  • Publications Index

    g78 3/8 27; g74 12/22 27; w63 342; w51 264; w49 340; w47 9

1 Corinthians 12:31

Footnotes
  • *

    Or “keep zealously seeking.”

Marginal References
  • +1Co 14:1
  • +1Co 13:8
Indexes
  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/2009, pp. 26-27

  • Publications Index

    w09 12/15 26-27; w99 2/15 22-23


    w80 4/15 23-28; w78 9/15 17-18; g74 12/22 27; w63 342; w48 280; w47 9

Parallel Translations

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General

1 Cor. 12:11Co 14:1
1 Cor. 12:2Ps 115:5; Hab 2:18; 1Co 8:4; Ga 4:8; 1Th 1:9
1 Cor. 12:31Jo 4:2, 3
1 Cor. 12:4Eph 4:4
1 Cor. 12:5Eph 4:11
1 Cor. 12:61Pe 4:11
1 Cor. 12:71Co 14:26
1 Cor. 12:91Co 13:2
1 Cor. 12:9Ac 3:5-8; 28:8, 9
1 Cor. 12:10Heb 2:3, 4
1 Cor. 12:101Jo 4:1
1 Cor. 12:10Ac 10:45, 46; 1Co 14:18
1 Cor. 12:101Co 14:26
1 Cor. 12:12Ro 12:4, 5
1 Cor. 12:14Eph 4:16
1 Cor. 12:23Ge 3:7, 21
1 Cor. 12:25Ro 12:10; Ga 6:2; Eph 4:25
1 Cor. 12:26Heb 13:3
1 Cor. 12:26Ro 12:15
1 Cor. 12:27Eph 1:22, 23
1 Cor. 12:27Ro 12:4, 5
1 Cor. 12:28Eph 2:20
1 Cor. 12:28Ac 13:1
1 Cor. 12:28Eph 4:11
1 Cor. 12:28Ga 3:5
1 Cor. 12:28Ac 5:16
1 Cor. 12:28Heb 13:17
1 Cor. 12:28Ac 2:6, 7
1 Cor. 12:301Co 14:4
1 Cor. 12:301Co 14:5
1 Cor. 12:311Co 14:1
1 Cor. 12:311Co 13:8
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New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
1 Corinthians 12:1-31

The First to the Corinthians

12 Now concerning the spiritual gifts,+ brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were people of the nations,* you were influenced and led astray to those voiceless idols,+ following wherever they might lead you. 3 Now I would have you know that nobody when speaking by God’s spirit says: “Jesus is accursed!” and nobody can say: “Jesus is Lord!” except by holy spirit.+

4 Now there are different gifts, but there is the same spirit;+ 5 and there are different ministries,+ and yet there is the same Lord; 6 and there are different activities,* and yet it is the same God who performs them all in everyone.+ 7 But the manifestation of the spirit is given to each one for a beneficial purpose.+ 8 For to one is given speech* of wisdom through the spirit, to another speech of knowledge according to the same spirit, 9 to another faith+ by the same spirit, to another gifts of healing+ by that one spirit, 10 to yet another operations of powerful works,+ to another prophesying, to another discernment of inspired expressions,+ to another different tongues,*+ and to another interpretation of tongues.+ 11 But all these operations are performed by the very same spirit, distributing to each one respectively just as it wills.

12 For just as the body is one but has many members, and all the members of that body, although many, are one body,+ so too is the Christ. 13 For by one spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink one spirit.

14 For, indeed, the body is made up not of one member but of many.+ 15 If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am no part of the body,” that does not make it no part of the body. 16 And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am no part of the body,” that does not make it no part of the body. 17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If it were all hearing, where would the sense of smell be? 18 But now God has arranged each of the body members just as he pleased.

19 If they were all the same member, where would the body be? 20 But now they are many members, yet one body. 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you,” or again, the head cannot say to the feet, “I do not need you.” 22 On the contrary, the members of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary, 23 and the parts of the body that we think to be less honorable we surround with greater honor,+ so our unseemly parts are treated with greater modesty, 24 whereas our attractive parts do not need anything. Nevertheless, God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that had a lack, 25 so that there should be no division in the body, but its members should have mutual concern for one another.+ 26 If one member suffers, all the other members suffer with it;+ or if a member is glorified, all the other members rejoice with it.+

27 Now you are Christ’s body,+ and each of you individually is a member.+ 28 And God has assigned the respective ones in the congregation: first, apostles;+ second, prophets;+ third, teachers;+ then powerful works;+ then gifts of healings;+ helpful services; abilities to direct;+ different tongues.+ 29 Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform powerful works, do they? 30 Not all have gifts of healings, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they?+ Not all are interpreters,* are they?+ 31 But keep striving for* the greater gifts.+ And yet I will show you a surpassing way.+

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