1 Corinthians 12:1-3

Spiritual Gifts

¹ Now _m concerning ₁ spiritual gifts, ₂ brothers, ₃ I do not want you to be uninformed. ² You know that _n when you were pagans _o you were led astray to _p mute idols, however you were led. ³ Therefore I want you to understand that _q no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is _r accursed!" and _s no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 14:1
   Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
   
2. Cross References
   Ephesians 2:11 - 12
   Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands -
   1 Peter 4:3
   For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
   1 Corinthians 6:11
   And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
   
3. Cross References
   1 Thessalonians 1:9
   For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
   
4. Cross References
   Habakkuk 2:18 - 19
   What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
   Psalms 115:5
   They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
   Isaiah 46:7
   They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.
   Jeremiah 10:5
   Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
   
5. Cross References
   1 John 4:2 - 3
   By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.
   
6. Cross References
   Romans 9:3
   For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
   
7. Cross References
   John 15:26
   But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
   Matthew 16:17
   And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
   Romans 10:9
   Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.