1 Corinthians 12:7
And to each man, there is given a manifestation of the Spirit, that it may aid him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
In Context
6And there are diversities of energies; but God, who worketh all in all men, is one.
Cross References
Matthew 25:14For, as a man that took a journey, called his servants and delivered to them his property;
1 Corinthians 14:5Now I would that ye all spoke with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophesieth, than he that speaketh in a tongue, unless he interpret; and if he interpret, he edifieth the church.
1 Corinthians 14:17Thou blessest, indeed, very well; but thy neighbor is not edified.
1 Corinthians 14:22Wherefore, tongues are established for a sign, not to the believers, but to them that believe not. But prophesyings are not for those who believe not, but for them that believe.
1 Peter 4:10And let each of you minister to his associates the gift which he hath received from God; as being good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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 →