1 Corinthians 12:11
But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
In Context
12For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.
Cross References
Daniel 4:35And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
Matthew 20:15Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
John 3:27And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
Romans 9:18So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.
1 Corinthians 7:7It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:2-12
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 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. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are… Read the whole commentary →