1 Corinthians 12:11

But these results are all brought about by one and the same Spirit, who bestows His gifts upon each of us in accordance with His own will.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 exercise of miraculous powers; to another the gift of prophecy; to another the power of discriminating between prophetic utterances; to another varieties of the gift of `tongues;' to another the interpretation of tongues.

12For just as the human body is one and yet has many parts, and all its parts, many as they are, constitute but one body, so it is with the Church of Christ.

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Cross References

Matthew 20:15Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own property? Or are you envious because I am generous?'

John 3:27"A man cannot obtain anything," replied John, "unless it has been granted to him from Heaven.

Romans 9:18This is a proof that wherever He chooses He shows mercy, and wherever he chooses He hardens the heart.

1 Corinthians 7:7Yet I would that everybody lived as I do; but each of us has his own special gift from God--one in one direction and one in another.

1 Corinthians 12:4Now there are various kinds of gifts, but there is one and 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 →

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