1 Corinthians 12:11

All these result from one and the same Spirit, who distributes his gifts to each individually as he wills.

Twentieth Century New Testament

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

10to another the gift of preaching; to another the gift of distinguishing between true and false inspiration; to another varieties of the gift of ‘tongues’; to another the power to interpret ‘tongues.’

12For just as the human body is one whole, and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many though they are, form but one body, so it is with the Christ;

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Cross References

Matthew 20:15Have not I the right to do as I choose with what is mine? Are you envious because I am liberal?’

John 3:27John’s answer was — “A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven.

Romans 9:18So, then, where God wills, he takes pity, and where he wills, he hardens the heart.

1 Corinthians 7:7I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God — one in one way, and one in another.

1 Corinthians 12:4Gifts differ, but the Spirit is the same;

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 →

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