Some people have an anointing with no apparent profile at all—like the kidneys or intestines, which are indispensable (1 Cor. 12:23ff.). God’s design is that there should be “no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other” (1 Cor. 12:25). Paul draws a conclusion: “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it” (1 Cor. 12:27). There are those with the high profile, as apostles, prophets, and teachers; some have an anointing (not listed in 1 Corinthians 12:8-10) which the King James Version merely calls “helps”—those able to help others
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