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title: "1 Corinthians 12 – Catholic Bible (CPDV) & Latin Vulgate"
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description: "Of the diversity of spiritual gifts. The members of the mystical body… 1 Corinthians 12 in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin Vulgate."
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# 1 Corinthians 12

1 Corinthians 12 is chapter 12 of 16 in the First Letter to the Corinthians. Here are all 31 verses in the Catholic Public Domain Version, with the Latin of the Clementine Vulgate beside them.

> Of the diversity of spiritual gifts. The members of the mystical body, like those of the natural body, must mutually cherish one another.
>
> — Bp. Richard Challoner, chapter summary

## 1 Corinthians 12 (Catholic Public Domain Version)

1. Now concerning spiritual things, I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers.
2. You know that when you were Gentiles, you approached mute idols, doing what you were led to do.
3. Because of this, I would have you know that no one speaking in the Spirit of God utters a curse against Jesus. And no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.
4. Truly, there are diverse graces, but the same Spirit.
5. And there are diverse ministries, but the same Lord.
6. And there are diverse works, but the same God, who works everything in everyone.
7. However, the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one toward what is beneficial.
8. Certainly, to one, through the Spirit, is given words of wisdom; but to another, according to the same Spirit, words of knowledge;
9. to another, in the same Spirit, faith; to another, in the one Spirit, the gift of healing;
10. to another, miraculous works; to another, prophecy; to another, the discernment of spirits; to another, different kinds of languages; to another, the interpretation of words.
11. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one according to his will.
12. For just as the body is one, and yet has many parts, so all the parts of the body, though they are many, are only one body. So also is Christ.
13. And indeed, in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether servant or free. And we all drank in the one Spirit.
14. For the body, too, is not one part, but many.
15. If the foot were to say, “Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body,” would it then not be of the body?
16. And if the ear were to say, “Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body,” would it then not be of the body?
17. If the whole body were the eye, how would it hear? If the whole were hearing, how would it smell?
18. But instead, God has placed the parts, each one of them, in the body, just as it has pleased him.
19. So if they were all one part, how would it be a body?
20. But instead, there are many parts, indeed, yet one body.
21. And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need for your works.” And again, the head cannot say to the feet, “You are of no use to me.”
22. In fact, so much more necessary are those parts of the body which seem to be weaker.
23. And though we consider certain parts of the body to be less noble, we surround these with more abundant dignity, and so, those parts which are less presentable end up with more abundant respect.
24. However, our presentable parts have no such need, since God has tempered the body together, distributing the more abundant honor to that which has the need,
25. so that there might be no schism in the body, but instead the parts themselves might take care of one another.
26. And so, if one part suffers anything, all the parts suffer with it. Or, if one part finds glory, all the parts rejoice with it.
27. Now you are the body of Christ, and parts like any part.
28. And indeed, God has established a certain order in the Church: first Apostles, second Prophets, third Teachers, next miracle-workers, and then the grace of healing, of helping others, of governing, of different kinds of languages, and of the interpretation of words.
29. Are all Apostles? Are all Prophets? Are all Teachers?
30. Are all workers of miracles? Do all have the grace of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
31. But be zealous for the better charisms. And I reveal to you a yet more excellent way.

## 1 Corinthians 12 in Latin (Clementine Vulgate, 1592)

1. De spiritualibus autem, nolo vos ignorare fratres.
2. Scitis quoniam cum gentes essetis, ad simulacra muta prout ducebamini euntes.
3. Ideo notum vobis facio, quod nemo in Spiritu Dei loquens, dicit anathema Jesu. Et nemo potest dicere, Dominus Jesus, nisi in Spiritu Sancto.
4. Divisiones vero gratiarum sunt, idem autem Spiritus:
5. et divisiones ministrationum sunt, idem autem Dominus:
6. et divisiones operationum sunt, idem vero Deus qui operatur omnia in omnibus.
7. Unicuique autem datur manifestatio Spiritus ad utilitatem.
8. Alii quidem per Spiritum datur sermo sapientiæ: alii autem sermo scientiæ secundum eumdem Spiritum:
9. alteri fides in eodem Spiritu: alii gratia sanitatum in uno Spiritu:
10. alii operatio virtutum, alii prophetia, alii discretio spirituum, alii genera linguarum, alii interpretatio sermonum.
11. Hæc autem omnia operatur unus atque idem Spiritus, dividens singulis prout vult.
12. Sicut enim corpus unum est, et membra habet multa, omnia autem membra corporis cum sint multa, unum tamen corpus sunt: ita et Christus.
13. Etenim in uno Spiritu omnes nos in unum corpus baptizati sumus, sive Judæi, sive gentiles, sive servi, sive liberi: et omnes in uno Spiritu potati sumus.
14. Nam et corpus non est unum membrum, sed multa.
15. Si dixerit pes: Quoniam non sum manus, non sum de corpore: num ideo non est de corpore?
16. Et si dixerit auris: Quoniam non sum oculus, non sum de corpore: num ideo est de corpore?
17. Si totum corpus oculus: ubi auditus? Si totum auditus: ubi odoratus?
18. Nunc autem posuit Deus membra, unumquodque eorum in corpore sicut voluit.
19. Quod si essent omnia unum membrum, ubi corpus?
20. Nunc autem multa quidem membra, unum autem corpus.
21. Non potest autem oculus dicere manui: Opera tua non indigeo: aut iterum caput pedibus: Non estis mihi necessarii.
22. Sed multo magis quæ videntur membra corporis infirmiora esse, necessariora sunt:
23. et quæ putamus ignobiliora membra esse corporis, his honorem abundantiorem circumdamus: et quæ inhonesta sunt nostra, abundantiorem honestatem habent.
24. Honesta autem nostra nullius egent: sed Deus temperavit corpus, ei cui deerat, abundantiorem tribuendo honorem,
25. ut non sit schisma in corpore, sed idipsum pro invicem sollicita sint membra.
26. Et si quid patitur unum membrum, compatiuntur omnia membra: sive gloriatur unum membrum, congaudent omnia membra.
27. Vos autem estis corpus Christi, et membra de membro.
28. Et quosdam quidem posuit Deus in ecclesia primum apostolos, secundo prophetas, exinde doctores, deinde virtutes, exinde gratias curationum, opitulationes, gubernationes, genera linguarum, interpretationes sermonum.
29. Numquid omnes apostoli? numquid omnes prophetæ? numquid omnes doctores?
30. numquid omnes virtutes? numquid omnes gratiam habent curationum? numquid omnes linguis loquuntur? numquid omnes interpretantur?
31. Æmulamini autem charismata meliora. Et adhuc excellentiorem viam vobis demonstro.

## Catechism of the Catholic Church

Paragraph numbers and the Catechism's own section headings (never quoted); text at vatican.va.
- CCC ¶ 1454: The Acts of the Penitent ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1988: Justification ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 2003: Grace ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 152: "I Know Whom I Have Believed" ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 449: Lord ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 683: I Believe in the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 2670: The Way of Prayer ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 249: The Father ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 308: The Creator ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 801: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 951: The Communion of Saints ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1508: Its Foundations in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 694: The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 790: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1227: Baptism in the Economy of Salvation ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1267: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 798: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1396: The Paschal Banquet ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 953: The Communion of Saints ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 791: The Church - People of God, Body of Christ, Temple of the Holy Spirit ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- cf. CCC ¶ 1469: The Effects of This Sacrament ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))
- CCC ¶ 1265: The Grace of Baptism ([vatican.va index](https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HTM))

## The saints

- “I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the simplicity of the daisy.” — St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul, ch. 1, 1897 (On this theme: verse 18)
- “Be what you see; receive what you are.” — St. Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 272, c. 408 (On this theme: verse 27)
- “My vocation is love. In the heart of the Church, my Mother, I shall be love.” — St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Story of a Soul, ch. 9, 1897 (On this theme: verse 31)

## Read at Mass (US)

- Sun, May 16, 2027: Pentecost Sunday — Second Reading, 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13
- Sun, Jan 16, 2028 (computed): Second Sunday in Ordinary Time — Second Reading, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11
- Sun, Jan 23, 2028 (computed): Third Sunday in Ordinary Time — Second Reading, 1 Corinthians 12:12-30
- Sun, Jan 30, 2028 (computed): Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time — Second Reading, 1 Corinthians 12:31—13:13 or 13:4-13

3 more dates through December 31, 2028, in the [liturgical calendar](https://blessbible.app/calendar/).

Citations as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar (principal Mass, first option). Dates after May 31, 2027 are computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

Source: Catholic Public Domain Version (Ronald L. Conte Jr., 2009), public domain; Latin: Clementine Vulgate (1592).