Can't sign in to iCloud on iPhone

I'm getting an error message that says my iCloud password is not correct. The phone isn't connecting to iCloud. The password is correct on my other devices and I am able to login on them so I don't understand why it's different on the phone. Is there some way to check the password the phone is using? iPhone 5 with IOS 8.1.

If iCloud is grayed out in settings so you can't tap it and gain access to Settings>iCloud, you need to go to Settings>General>Restrictions>Accounts and set this to Allow Changes.
If you can tap Settings>iCloud you should see and be able to change the Apple ID used to sign into iCloud. Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMKUo2HTRo. It shows how to change from one iCloud account (ID) to another. It will show deleting the account first; in your case, if you aren't already signed into an account, you can ignore this first part. Note, however, how he back spaces over the old ID name in order to enter the new one.

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