1 Corinthians 12:1
Now concerning spiritual things, my brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
In Context
2You know that when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, according as you were led.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are diversities of graces, but the same Spirit;
1 Corinthians 14:37If any seem to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him know the things that I write to you, that they are the commandments of the Lord.
Ephesians 4:11And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors,
2 Peter 3:8But of this one thing be not ignorant, my beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:1
In this chapter the apostle, I. Considers the case of spiritual gifts, which were very plentifully poured out on the Corinthian church. He considers their original, that they are from God; their variety and use, that they were all intended for one and the same general end, the advancement of Christianity and the church's edification, ver. 1-11 . II. He illustrates this by an allusion to a human body, in which all the members have a mutual relation and subserviency, and each has its proper place and use, ver. 12-26… Read the whole commentary →