1 Corinthians 12:11 BSB

1 Corinthians 12:11

All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

BSB

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ASV

but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.

KJV

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,.... Though these gifts, ministrations, and operations, are so different in themselves, and are bestowed upon different persons, yet they are all wrought by one and the same Spirit of God, who is the true Jehovah, and properly God, as these his works declare; for who, but the most high God, could ever communicate such gifts to men?

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But all these - All these various endowments. Worketh - Produces. All these are to be traced to him. That one and the self-same Spirit - The Holy Spirit, Acts 2. They were all, though so different in themselves, to be traced to the Holy Spirit, just as all the natural endowments of people - their strength, memory, judgment, etc. - though so various in themselves are to be traced to the same God. Dividing to every man severally - Conferring on each one as he pleases.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As the many members of the body compose an organic whole and none can be dispensed with as needless, so those variously gifted by the Spirit, compose a spiritual organic whole, the body of Christ, into which all are baptized by the one Spirit. of that one body--Most of the oldest manuscripts omit "one." so also is Christ--that is, the whole Christ, the head and body.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πάντα	panta	All	G3956 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ταῦτα	tauta	these things	G3778 →
ἐνεργεῖ	energei	works	G1754 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἓν	hen	one	G1520 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
αὐτὸ	auto	same	G846 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	Spirit	G4151 →
διαιροῦν	diairoun	apportioning	G1244 →
ἰδίᾳ	idia	individually	G2398 →
ἑκάστῳ	hekastō	to each	G1538 →
καθὼς	kathōs	even as	G2531 →
βούλεται.¶	bouletai	He wills.	G1014 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 12:4
There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:10
  As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 12:28
  And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
- Romans 12:4–6
  Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
- 1 Corinthians 12:8–11
  To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,
- Hebrews 2:4
  and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
Through
Ephesians 4:7
Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
leads to
- Romans 12:3
  For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure…
- 1 Corinthians 12:7–11
  Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
Through
Hebrews 2:4
and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
leads to
- Acts 14:3
  So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.