哥林多前書12:12-31

12:12 就如身子是一個，卻有許多肢體；而且肢體雖多，仍是一個身子；基督也是這樣。
12:13 我們不拘是猶太人，是希臘人，是為奴的，是自主的，都從一位聖靈受洗，成了一個身體，飲於一位聖靈。
12:14 身子原不是一個肢體，乃是許多肢體。
12:15 設若腳說：「我不是手，所以不屬乎身子，」它不能因此就不屬乎身子。
12:16 設若耳說：「我不是眼，所以不屬乎身子，」它不能因此就不屬乎身子。
12:17 若全身是眼，從哪裡聽聲呢？若全身是耳，從哪裡聞味呢？
12:18 但如今，上帝隨自己的意思把肢體俱各安排在身上了。
12:19 若都是一個肢體，身子在哪裡呢？
12:20 但如今肢體是多的，身子卻是一個。
12:21 眼不能對手說：「我用不著你。」頭也不能對腳說：「我用不著你。」
12:22 不但如此，身上肢體人以為軟弱的，更是不可少的。
12:23 身上肢體，我們看為不體面的，越發給它加上體面；不俊美的，越發得著俊美。
12:24 我們俊美的肢體，自然用不著裝飾；但上帝配搭這身子，把加倍的體面給那有缺欠的肢體，
12:25 免得身上分門別類，總要肢體彼此相顧。
12:26 若一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體就一同受苦；若一個肢體得榮耀，所有的肢體就一同快樂。
12:27 你們就是基督的身子，並且各自作肢體。
12:28 上帝在教會所設立的：第一是使徒，第二是先知，第三是教師，其次是行異能的，再次是得恩賜醫病的，幫助人的，治理事的，說方言的。
12:29 豈都是使徒嗎？豈都是先知嗎？豈都是教師嗎？豈都是行異能的嗎？
12:30 豈都是得恩賜醫病的嗎？豈都是說方言的嗎？豈都是翻方言的嗎？
12:31 你們要切切地求那更大的恩賜。我現今把最妙的道指示你們。

¹² Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³ For we were all baptized by^[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. ¹⁴ Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
¹⁵ Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸ But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
²¹ The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” ²² On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, ²³ and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, ²⁴ while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, ²⁵ so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. ²⁶ If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. ²⁸ And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. ²⁹ Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? ³⁰ Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues^[d]? Do all interpret? ³¹ Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

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    保羅用肢體的功能來說明恩賜的配搭，也說明教會是一體的，各有各的功能，誰也不能代替誰，或是搶奪誰的恩賜。也因為這樣大家要互相配搭，彼此相愛、互相尊榮。

    也因此，大家不能彼此切割，不管誰好誰壞，我們不能說他（她）不是我們的兄弟姊妹，不管光榮或羞辱都要承擔，都要接受，因為我們同屬基督的肢體。正如保羅說：「若一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體就一同受苦；若一個肢體得榮耀，所有的肢體就一同快樂。」

    而我們之所以成為一體是與三一上帝有關係：雖然有三個位格，卻是合一的！同樣，雖有許多肢體，卻都在基督裡成為一體了！