1 Corinthians 12

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1 Corinthians 12 is a chapter in the New Testament that focuses on spiritual gifts and the unity and diversity of members within the body of Christ.

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Label Occurrences
1 Corinthians 12 canonical 3

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ
chapter of the New Testament ⓘ
addressedTo Christian community in Corinth ⓘ
attributedTo Paul the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Apostle Paul
bookOrderInBible seventh book of the New Testament (1 Corinthians as a whole) ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical scripture in most Christian traditions ⓘ
chapterNumber 12 ⓘ
concludesWith exhortation to desire the greater gifts ⓘ
containsVerseRange 1–31 ⓘ
emphasizes not all believers have the same gifts ⓘ
follows 1 Corinthians 11 ⓘ
identifiesGroup apostles ⓘ
prophets ⓘ
teachers ⓘ
those able to help others ⓘ
those speaking in various kinds of tongues ⓘ
those with gifts of administration ⓘ
those with gifts of healings ⓘ
workers of miracles ⓘ
language Koine Greek ⓘ
listsGift discerning of spirits ⓘ
faith ⓘ
gifts of healings ⓘ
interpretation of tongues ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
various kinds of tongues ⓘ
word of knowledge ⓘ
word of wisdom ⓘ
working of miracles ⓘ
mainTheme proper use of spiritual gifts in the church ⓘ
spiritual gifts ⓘ
unity and diversity in the body of Christ ⓘ
partOf First Epistle to the Corinthians ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
precedes 1 Corinthians 13 ⓘ
states one and the same Spirit works all these things ⓘ
the Spirit distributes gifts to each one individually as he wills ⓘ
teaches God has arranged the members of the body as he chose ⓘ
all spiritual gifts come from the same Spirit ⓘ
each believer is given a manifestation of the Spirit for the common good ⓘ
if one member is honored all rejoice together ⓘ
if one member suffers all suffer together ⓘ
members should have mutual concern for one another ⓘ
no member of the body can claim independence from the others ⓘ
the church is one body with many members ⓘ
there should be no division in the body ⓘ
variety of activities but the same God ⓘ
variety of gifts but one Spirit ⓘ
variety of ministries but one Lord ⓘ
weaker or less honorable members are indispensable ⓘ
usesMetaphor the human body to describe the church ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1 Corinthians 11 → followedBy → 1 Corinthians 12 ⓘ