A    ^noteIn spirituall thinges brethren I wolde not have you ignoraunt. &cross2; Ye knowe that ye were gentyls / and went youre wayes vnto domme ydoles / even as ye were ledde. Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakynge in the sprete of god / defieth Iesus. Also no man can saye that Iesus is the lorde: but by the holy goost.

Ther are diversities of gyftes verely / yet but one sprete. ^noteAnd ther are differences of administracions / ∧ yet but one lorde. And ther are divers maners of operacions / and yet but one God / B   which worketh all thing&es; that are wrought / in all creatures. The gyftes ^note of þe; sprete are geven to every man to proffit þe; congregacion. To one is geven thorow the spirite the vtteraunce of wisdome? To another is geven the vtteraunce of knowledge by þe; same sprete. To another is geuen fayth / by þe; same sprete. To another þe; gyftes of healynge by the same sprete. To another power to do myracles. To another prophesie? To another

iudgement of spretes. ^noteTo another divers tonges. To another the interpretacion of t&obar;ges. And these all worketh ev&ebar; þe; silfe same sprete / devydynge to every man severall gyftes / even as he will. &cross3;

For as the body is one / and hath many m&ebar;bres / ∧ all the membres of one body though they be many / yet are but one body: even so is Christ. B   For in one sprete are we all baptysed to make one body / whether we be Iewes or g&ebar;tyls whether we be bonde or fre: and have all dronke of one sprete. For the body is not one member / but many. Yf the fote saye: I am not the honde / therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of þe; body: And if þe; eare saye / I am not the eye: therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of the body? If all the body were an eye / where were then the eare? If all were hearynge: where were the smellynge?

But now hath god disposed the membres every one of them in the body / at his awne pleasure. If they were all one member: where were the body? Now are ther many membres / yet but one body. And the eye can not saye vnto the honde / I have no nede of the: nor þe; heed also to the fete. C   I have no nede of you. Ye rather a greate deale those m&ebar;bres of the body which seme to be most feble / are most necessary. And ap&obar; those m&ebar;bres of þt; body which we thinke lest honest / put we most honestie on. And oure vngodly parties have most beauty on. For oure honest members nede it not. But God hath so disposed the body / &abar;d hath

geven most honoure to that parte which laked / lest there shuld be eny stryfe in the body: but that the members shuld indiffer&ebar;tly care one for another. And yf one member suffer / all suffer with him: yf one member be had in honoure / all members be glad also.

G   Ye are the body of Christ / and members one of another. And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacion / ^note fyrst the Apostels / sec&obar;darely prophetes / thyrdly teachers / then th&ebar; that do miracles: after that / the gyftes of healynge / helpers / governers / diversite of tonges.

Are all Apostles? Are all Prophetes? Are all teachers? Are all doars of miracles? Have all the gyftes of healinge? Do all speake &wt; tonges? Do all interprete? Covet after þe; best giftes. Amd yet shewe I vnto you a moare excellent waye.

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