“Now concerning spirituall giftes, brethren, I would not haue you ignorant.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts - The abundance of these in the churches of Greece strongly refuted the idle learning of the Greek philosophers. But the Corinthians did not use them wisely, which occasioned St. Paul's writing concerning them. He describes, The unity of the body, #1Cor 12:1 |- 27: The variety of members and offices, #1Cor 12:27 |- 30: The way of exercising gifts rightly, namely, by love, #1Cor 12:31|, #1Cor 13:1|. throughout: and adds, A comparison of several gifts with each other, in the #1Cor 14:1|. fourteenth chapter.
1Co 12:1 Spiritual Gifts SUMMARY OF I CORINTHIANS 12: The Test of the Spirit of Christ. The Variety of Spiritual Gifts. All Given by the Same Spirit. The Human Body Has Many Members, with Different Offices. So It Is of the Church, the Body of Christ. But All Parts of One Body. The Various Offices and Gifts. Spiritual [gifts]. The supernatural gifts bestowed in the early church by the Spirit. These were especially needful, before the church had the New Testament as a guide, and in the inauguration of Christianity.