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1 Corinthians 12:4-6 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 12 · verses 4–6 · King James Version
4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.1 Corinthians 12:4-6 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 12:4-6 in context
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.
4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
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- administrationsdiakoniaservice, ministering, esp. of those who execute the commands of others, of those who by…G1248 →
- workethenergeōto be operative, be at work, put forth power, to work for one, aid one, to effect, to…G1754 →
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- giftscharismaa favour with which one receives without any merit of his own, the gift of divine grace…G5486 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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The apostle comes now to treat of spiritual gifts, which abounded in the church of Corinth, but were greatly abused. What these gifts were is at large told us in the body of the chapter;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11