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Therefore, I wish you to understand that no one speaking under the influence of the Spirit of God says, “May Jesus be cursed.”[a] Likewise, no one can say “Jesus is Lord,” except under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit Distributes the Gifts for the Common Good.[b] There are different varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 12:3 Cursed: to say this is to fail to recognize Jesus as the messenger of God (see Jn 8:48f; 9:24).
  2. 1 Corinthians 12:4 Note that these verses speak of the intervention of the three divine Persons. The charismatic movement cannot become a competition of visions nor a conflict of claims and a quest for prestige.

Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,”(A) and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,”(B) except by the Holy Spirit.(C)

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit(D) distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.

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