I did the planting, Apollos the watering, but it was God who made the plants grow.

So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for anything, but only God who makes the plants grow.

I for my part care very little about being examined by you or by any human court. I do not even offer myself for investigation.

But you must take care that this right of yours does not prove a hindrance to the overscrupulous.

another, from his union with the same Spirit receives faith, another, by one and the same Spirit, the ability to cure the sick,

and the parts of it that we think common, we dress with especial care, and our unpresentable parts receive especial attention

that there is no clash in the body, but its parts all alike care for one another.

And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking.

Is everyone able to cure the sick? Can everyone speak ecstatically? Can everyone explain what it means?