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1Now, my sacred family members, you have much to learn about spiritual things, so I will teach you what I know .
2For you know that when you followed the ways of the Outside Nations, their spirit-images tricked you and led you from one false path to another, even though they have no mouths to speak with.
3So now you should know that no one who is guided by Creator’s Spirit says that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is cursed. You should also know that no one can say from their heart that Creator Sets Free (Jesus) is the Honored Chief unless guided by the Holy Spirit.[#12:3 Romans 10:9-10]
4There are different kinds of spiritual giftings, but they all come from the same Spirit.
5There are also different ways of serving, but the example to serve comes from the same Honored Chief.
6Creator’s power works in different ways through different people, but it is the same Great Spirit who is at work in all of them.
7It is in these many ways that the Holy Spirit makes himself known in and through each of us, for the good of all.
8Creator’s Spirit gives to one person words full of wisdom, and the same Spirit gives another person words full of knowledge.
9The Spirit gives a different person great faith and still another healing powers by the same Spirit.
10The Holy Spirit gives to one person miraculous powers, to another the power to speak Creator’s words. To another the Spirit gives the ability to tell good spirits from bad ones. To another the Spirit gives the ability to speak in different languages, and to another the ability to interpret those languages.
11The power to do all these things comes from the one Spirit. It is this Spirit who decides which powers are to be given to each person.
12Human beings have one body made up of many parts that all work together. It is the same for the body of the Chosen One.
13For through the one Spirit we all participated in the purification ceremony that joined us together into one body. That body is made up of Tribal Members, Wisdom Seekers (Greeks) , slaves and free. But none of that matters because we all drink living water from the same Spirit.[#12:13 Baptism]
14Now, the body is not made up of one part but of many.
15If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” would that make the foot any less a part of the body?
16If the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” would that make the ear any less a part of the body?
17If the whole body were an eye, how could it hear? If the whole body were an ear, how could it smell?
18But in his wisdom the Great Spirit has given each body part its own place, so it can fulfill the purpose it was created for and make Creator’s heart glad.
19If all the parts were the same, how could there be a body?
20Even though there is only one body, it was made to have many parts.
21So the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you.” Neither can the head say to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
22But the parts of the body that are thought to be of little use are needed just as much as the other parts.
23The parts we see as lowly we honor by wrapping them in beauty. We respectfully cover those parts of the body that should not be seen.
24But the more publicly respectable parts of the body do not need this kind of treatment. So the Great Spirit has put the body together in a way that gives more honor to the parts that need it the most.
25This makes it clear that Creator’s purpose is to keep the body of the Chosen One from division. It shows each of us how much we need each other.
26If one part of the body hurts, the whole body hurts. If one part of the body is honored, the whole body celebrates.
27So then, together you all form the body of the Chosen One, and each one of you has a place in that body.
28The Great Spirit has set in place those members of his body that he has gifted to care for his sacred family. He set in place first message bearers, second prophets, and third wisdomkeepers who teach. After that comes some with miraculous powers, some with healing gifts, some who help and serve, some who bring guidance, and some who have the gift of speaking in other languages.[#12:28 Ephesians 4:11-13]
29Can you see that not all are message bearers, or prophets, or wisdomkeepers? That not all have miraculous powers,
30or healing gifts, or the gift of speaking in other languages, or interpreting those languages ?
31I want you to set your hearts on the chief gifts, the ones that will bring the greatest blessing to the sacred family .
Now I will show you the most beautiful path of all.