1 Corinthians 12:3 · KJV
“Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and {that} no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. {accursed: or, anathema}”
— 1 Corinthians 12:3
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12 — Context
Now concerning spiritual {gifts}, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and {that} no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. {accursed: or, anathema}
4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. {administrations: or, ministries}
Cross References
1 John 4:2-3
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Matthew 16:16-17
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Romans 10:9
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency {is} of God;
John 13:13
Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for {so} I am.
John 15:26
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, {even} the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
1 Corinthians 8:6
But to us {there is but} one God, the Father, of whom {are} all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom {are} all things, and we by him. {in: or, for}
Matthew 22:43
The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?