1 Corinthians 12:11

All these gifts come from one and the same Spirit, who distributes them as He chooses. The variety is intentional and sovereign, not a matter of human merit.

Cross-references · 17

• 1 Cor 12:4There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
• Heb 2:4and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.
• 2 Cor 10:13We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
• 1 Cor 12:6There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
• Eph 4:7Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
• John 3:27John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
• Dan 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”
• John 3:8The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
• John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
• Jas 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
• 1 Cor 7:7I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
• Rom 9:18Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
• Eph 1:11In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
• Matt 11:26Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.
• Matt 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• Rom 12:6We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
• 1 Cor 7:17Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.

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