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1 Corinthians 12:6-11

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

6. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. 7. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. 8. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9. To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 10. To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: 11. But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

1 Corinthians 12:6-11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:6

Theological / Devotional

Operations. Gr. energemata, “workings,” from energeo, “to be at work,” “to be in action,” “to operate.” Our word “energy” comes from this root. In the NT, energemata occurs only here and in v. 10. The word probably refers to the divine energizings operating in the church and perhaps in all nature.

Same God. Having introduced the Spirit and the Son in vs. 4, 5, Paul here completes his mention of the three persons of the Godhead by referring to the Father as the originator and sustainer of all the manifold endowments and workings of the spiritual powers that He has provided for the effectual accomplishment of the work of His church. There are various “gifts,” “administrations,” and “operations,” but all proceed from one God, one Lord, one Spirit, that is, from Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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