012:025 that there might be no disunion in the body, but that all
the members might entertain the same anxious care for
one another's welfare.
012:026 And if one part is suffering, every other part suffers with it;
or if one part is receiving special honor, every other part
shares in the joy.
012:027 As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you are members of it.
012:028 And by God's appointment there are in the Church— first Apostles, secondly Prophets, thirdly teachers. Then come miraculous powers, and then ability to cure diseases or render loving service, or powers of organization, or varieties of the gift of `tongues.'
012:029 Are all Apostles? Are all Prophets? Are all teachers?
012:030 Have all miraculous powers? Have all ability to cure diseases?
Do all speak in `tongues'? Do all interpret?
012:031 But always seek to excel in the greater gifts. And now I will
point out to you a way of life which transcends all others.
013:001 If I can speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but am
destitute of Love, I have but become a loud-sounding trumpet
or a clanging cymbal.
013:002 If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries
and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can
remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing.
013:003 And if I distribute all my possessions to the poor,
and give up my body to be burned, but am destitute of Love,
it profits me nothing.