Pastor Melissa Scott Ph.D
Like those in Corinth, many churches today have elevated spiritual gifts, especially speaking in tongues, as a mark of salvation causing contention and disunity in the body. Paul corrects this by clarifying that there are diversities of gifts, distributed by the Holy Spirit for the edifying of the church. Some, not all, have particular gifts, including speaking in tongues. All His children have some gift for the building up of the body. The greatest gift is the love He poured out on our hearts and without that we have nothing.