Spiritual Gifts

1 Corinthians 12

1 Now m concerning 1 spiritual gifts, 2 brothers, 3 I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that n when you were pagans o you were led astray to p mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that q no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is r accursed!" and s no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.

4 Now t there are varieties of gifts, but u the same Spirit; 5 and v there are varieties of service, but u the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is u the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7 w To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of x wisdom, and to another the utterance of y knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another z faith by the same Spirit, to another a gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another b the working of miracles, to another c prophecy, to another d the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another e various kinds of tongues, to another f the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, g who apportions to each one individually h as he wills.

  1. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 14:1
    Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
  2. Cross References
    Ephesians 2:11 - 12
    Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called "the uncircumcision" by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands -
    1 Peter 4:3
    For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.
    1 Corinthians 6:11
    And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  3. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 1:9
    For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
  4. Cross References
    Habakkuk 2:18 - 19
    What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
    Psalms 115:5
    They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.
    Isaiah 46:7
    They lift it to their shoulders, they carry it, they set it in its place, and it stands there; it cannot move from its place. If one cries to it, it does not answer or save him from his trouble.
    Jeremiah 10:5
    Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good.
  5. Cross References
    1 John 4:2 - 3
    By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.
  6. Cross References
    Romans 9:3
    For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
  7. Cross References
    John 15:26
    But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
    Matthew 16:17
    And Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
    Romans 10:9
    Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
  8. Cross References
    Hebrews 2:4
    While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
    Romans 12:6
    Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith.
  9. Cross References
    Ephesians 4:4 - 6
    There is one body and one Spirit - just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call -
  10. Cross References
    Romans 12:7
    If service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching.
    Ephesians 4:11
    And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers.
  11. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 12:4
    Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
  12. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 12:4
    Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit.
  13. Cross References
    Ephesians 4:7
    But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.
    1 Corinthians 14:26
    What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
    Romans 12:3
    For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
  14. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 2:6 - 7
    Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.
  15. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 1:5
    That in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge -
  16. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 13:2
    And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
    2 Corinthians 4:13
    Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak.
  17. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 12:28
    And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
    1 Corinthians 12:30
    Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
  18. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 12:28 - 29
    And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.
    Galatians 3:5
    Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith -
  19. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 13:2
    And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
    1 Corinthians 13:8
    Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.
    1 Corinthians 14:1
    Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
  20. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 14:29
    Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.
    1 John 4:1
    Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
  21. Cross References
    Mark 16:17
    And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues.
  22. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 12:30
    Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
    1 Corinthians 14:26
    What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
  23. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 10:13
    But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you.
  24. Cross References
    Hebrews 2:4
    While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
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