KJV King James Version
Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Corinthians 12:1
Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
WEB World English Bible
Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.
ASV American Standard Version
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And concerning the spiritual things, brethren, I do not wish you to be ignorant;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 12
1 Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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Cross-references
1 Corinthians 12:4-11Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.Ephesians 4:11And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;1 Corinthians 14:37If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.1 Corinthians 14:1-18Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.2 Peter 3:8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.1 Corinthians 10:1Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;2 Corinthians 1:8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:1 Thessalonians 4:13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
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