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James 1:26 (NIV)

Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.

James 1:27 (NIV)

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

James 2:12 (NIV)

Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom,

James 3:12 (NIV)

My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

James 4:12 (NIV)

There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?

James 5:12 (NIV)

Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.

James 2:1 (NIV)

My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.

James 3:1 (NIV)

Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

James 4:1 (NIV)

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?

James 5:1 (NIV)

Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.

1 Corinthians 12:7 (NIV)

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

1 Corinthians 12:8 (NIV)

To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,

1 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV)

to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,

1 Corinthians 12:15 (NIV)

Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.

1 Corinthians 12:16 (NIV)

And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body.

1 Corinthians 12:17 (NIV)

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

1 Corinthians 12:27 (NIV)

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

1 Corinthians 12:28 (NIV)

And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues.

1 Corinthians 12:1 (NIV)

Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

1 Corinthians 12:2 (NIV)

You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

1 Corinthians 12:3 (NIV)

Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:4 (NIV)

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.

1 Corinthians 12:5 (NIV)

There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.

1 Corinthians 12:6 (NIV)

There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

1 Corinthians 12:10 (NIV)

to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.