G1510–εἰμί–eimi

You know that when you were heathens you went astray after dumb idols, wherever you happened to be led.

ἦτε ēte “you were”

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but there is one and the same Spirit;

εἰσίν, eisin “there are,”

various forms of official service, and yet one and the same Lord;

εἰσιν, eisin “there are,”

diversities in work, and yet one and the same God--He who in each person brings about the whole result.

εἰσίν, eisin “there are,”ἐστιν estin “is”

For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ.

ἐστιν estin “is”ὄντα onta “being”ἐστιν estin “are”

For the human body does not consist of one part, but of many.

ἔστιν estin “is”

Were the foot to say, "Because I am not a hand I am not a part of the body," that would not make it any the less a part of the body.

εἰμὶ eimi “I am”εἰμὶ eimi “I am”ἔστιν estin “is it”

Or were the ear to say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," that would not make it any the less a part of the body.

εἰμὶ eimi “I am”εἰμὶ eimi “I am”ἔστιν estin “is it”

If they were all one part, where would the body be?

ἦν ēn “were”

No, it is quite otherwise. Even those parts of the body which are apparently somewhat feeble are yet indispensable;

ἐστιν, estin “are,”

that there might be no disunion in the body, but that all the members might entertain the same anxious care for one another's welfare.

ᾖ ē “there may be”

As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you are members of it.

ἐστε este “are”

If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing.

εἰμι. eimi “I am.”

When I was a child, I talked like a child, felt like a child, reasoned like a child: when I became a man, I put from me childish ways.

ἤμην ēmēn “I was”

And so with you; if with the living voice you fail to utter intelligible words, how will people know what you are saying? You will be talking to the winds.

ἔσεσθε esesthe “You will be”

There are, we will suppose, a great number of languages in the world, and no creature is without a language.

εἰσιν eisin “there are”

If, however, I do not know the meaning of the particular language, I shall seem to the speaker of it, and he to me, to be merely talking some foreign tongue.

ἔσομαι esomai “I will be”

Therefore, seeing that you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them so as to benefit the Church.

ἐστε este “you are”

For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is barren.

ἐστιν. estin “is.”

How then does the matter stand? I will pray in spirit, and I will pray with my understanding also. I will praise God in spirit, and I will praise Him with my understanding also.

ἐστιν; estin “is it?”

This shows that the gift of tongues is intended as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers, but prophecy is intended not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

εἰσιν eisin “are”

and the hidden evils of his heart are brought to light. And, as the result, he will fall on his face and worship God, and will report to others that of a truth God is among you.

ἐστιν. estin “is.”

What then, brethren? Whenever you assemble, there is not one of you who is not ready either with a song of praise, a sermon, a revelation, a `tongue,' or an interpretation. Let everything be done with a view to the building up of faith and character.

ἐστιν, estin “is it,”

or if there is no interpreter, let the man with the gift be silent in the Church, speaking to himself and to God.

ᾖ ē “there shall be”

For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace, as He is in all the Churches of His people.

ἐστιν estin “He is”