1 Corinthians 12:5
and there are diversities of ministries, and the same Lord.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
In Context
4But there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit;
6And there are diversities of operations, and the same God, working all things in all.
Cross References
Acts 10:36the word which he sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ: he is Lord of all.
Romans 14:8for if indeed we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Then indeed if we live, and if we die, we are the Lord's.
1 Corinthians 12:28Whom God has, indeed, also placed in the church, first apostles, then prophets, then teachers, then dynamites, then gifts of healings, helps, leaderships, kinds of tongues.
Philippians 2:11and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, unto the glory of God the Father.
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 →