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utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit ... faith .., gifts of healing ... the working of miracles ... prophecy ... discernment of spirits ... various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues" (1 Cot 12:1, 4, 8-10).

Spirit is always and forever the same, one God, one Spirit, but in different forms of manifestation. The gift of healing is no more, no greater, than the gift of prophecy; the gift of prophecy is no greater than faith, for faith (when it is really God's faith manifested through us), even as a grain of mustard seed, shall be able to remove mountains. The working of miracles is no greater than the power to discern spirits (or the thoughts and intents of other men's hearts, which are open always to Spirit). And "greatest of these is love" (1 Cor. 13:13); for "love never ends" (1 Cor. 13:8) to melt down all forms of sin, sorrow, sickness, and trouble. "Love never faileth."

"All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ.... If the whole body were an eye [or gift of healing], where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?... The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no