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1 According to 1 Corinthians 12:1, Paul did not want the people to be ignorant about what? According to 1 Corinthians 12:2, before the people became Christians they were what? According to 1 Corinthians 12:2, as Gentiles they were carried away to what? According to 1 Corinthians 12:3, if you are speaking by the Spirit of God you will not call Jesus what? According to 1 Corinthians 12:3, how can we say the Jesus is Lord? According to 1 Corinthians 12:4, how many gifts are there from the Spirit? According to 1 Corinthians 12:4, where do all gifts come from? According to 1 Corinthians 12:5, are the differences of ministries? According to 1 Corinthians 12:5, do different ministries come form the same Lord? According to 1 Corinthians 12:6, are there different types of activities that are given by the Lord? According to 1 Corinthians 12:7, why is the manifestation of the Spirit given to each of us? (9 pts)according to 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, list the gifts of the spirit. According to 1 Corinthians 12:8, does the Spirit give the same gifts to everyone? According to 1 Corinthians 12:11, which Spirit works all these things? According to 1 Corinthians 12:11, how does the Spirit distribute gifts?

2 Dumb idols Gentiles Spiritual gifts diversities By the Holy Spirit accursed yes yes The same Spirit word of wisdom word of knowledge faith gifts of healing working of miracles prophecy discerning of spirits different kinds of tongues interpretation of tongues For the profit of all yes To each one individually as he wills. One and the same Spirit. no

3 According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, even though the body is one, how many members are in that body? According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, even though there are many members how many bodies are there? According to 1 Corinthians 12:12, what also is Christ? According to 1 Corinthians 12:13, how were we all baptized? According to 1 Corinthians 12:13, were the Jews and Greeks both baptized into the same body? According to 1 Corinthians 12:13, were the slaves and free both baptized into the same body? According to 1 Corinthians 12:13, when we were baptized what were we all made to drink into? According to 1 Corinthians 12:14, what is the body made of? According to 1 Corinthians 12:14, what fact did Paul state? According to 1 Corinthians 12:15, what did Paul say if the foot said it was it is not of the body? According to 1 Corinthians 12:15, what part of the body said if they were not a hand then they were not part of the body? According to 1 Corinthians 12:16, what part of the body did Paul say if the ear were not a what, they were not part of the body? According to 1 Corinthians 12:16, what part of the body claimed it were not a eye they were not part of the body? According to 1 Corinthians 12:17, if the whole body were the eye, where would be what? According to 1 Corinthians 12:17, if the whole body were the hearing, where would be what?

4 One body with many members one many yes yes Into one body. The body is not one member but many. Many members One Spirit An eye The foot A hand The smelling The hearing The ear

5 According to 1 Corinthians 12:18, how has God set each of the members in the body (the church). According to 1 Corinthians 12:19, if they were all one member, where would the body be? According to 1 Corinthians 12:19, what question does Paul ask about the importance of diversity in the church? According to 1 Corinthians 12:20, how many members are there in the body? According to 1 Corinthians 12:20, even though there are many members, how many bodies are there? According to 1 Corinthians 12:21, what can the eye not say to the hand? According to 1 Corinthians 12:21, what can the head not say to the feet? According to 1 Corinthians 12:22, which members of the body are necessary? According to 1 Corinthians 12:22, how are weaker members of the body seen? According to 1 Corinthians 12:23, what do we do with the members of the body do we think to be less honorable? According to 1 Corinthians 12:23, what do our unrepresentable parts of our body give to us? According to 1 Corinthians 12:24, what do our presentable parts need? According to 1 Corinthians 12:24, how did God compose the body? According to 1 Corinthians 12:24-25, why did God give greater honor to the part which lacks it? According to 1 Corinthians 12:25, God composed the body so that members should have the same what for one another?

6 If they were all one member, where would the body be? The question Paul asks about diversity in the church. Just as He pleased I have no need of you one many As necessary Those members that seem to be weaker. I have no need of you No need, nothing Greater modesty We bestow greater honor care That there should be no schism in the body. Giving greater honor to the part which lacks it.

7 According to 1 Corinthians 12:26, if one member suffers, who else suffers with them? According to 1 Corinthians 12:26, if one member is honored, who rejoices with that honor? According to 1 Corinthians 12:27, who is the body of Christ? According to 1 Corinthians 12:27, how are you the body of Christ? (8 pts) According to 1 Corinthians 12:28, list the 8 places God has appointed in the church. According to 1 Corinthians 12:29-30, Paul asks questions about each of the gifts, list them in order. According to 1 Corinthians 12:31, most of the members of the church desire the best gifts, what does Paul suggest?

8 you All the members rejoice with it. All members suffer with it 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? 30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues. Members individually I show you a more excellent way!

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