1 Coríntios 12
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1 Coríntios 12:3
If two yardsticks are compared with each other, their straightness is in agreement. But if a distorted piece of wood is compared with a ruler, the crooked one will be at variance with the straight. Since, therefore, the praise of God is righteous, there is need of a righteous heart, in order that the praise may be fitting and adapted to it. "No one can say 'Jesus is Lord,' except in the Holy Spirit." So how can one offer due praise if one does not have the right spirit in one's heart? HOMILY 15. — ON PSALM 32
1 Coríntios 12:7
Since no one has the capacity to receive all spiritual gifts, but the grace of the Spirit is given proportionately to the faith of each, when one is living in community with others, the grace privately bestowed on each individual becomes the common possession of the others.… One who receives any of these gifts does not possess it for his own sake but rather for the sake of others. — THE LONG RULES 7
1 Coríntios 12:25
With those among whom harmony is not secured, however, the bond of peace is not preserved, mildness of spirit is not maintained, but there is dissension, strife and rivalry. It would be a great piece of audacity to call such persons "members of Christ" or to say that they are ruled by him. It would be the expression of an honest mind to say openly that the wisdom of the flesh is master there and wields a royal sovereignty. .
1 Coríntios 12:26
Our sufferings are such as to have reached even to the limits of our inhabited world. When one member suffers, all the members suffer along with it. — LETTER 242, TO THE WESTERNERS