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1 Corinthians 12:11 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. "
1 Corinthians 12:11
Verse in Context
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To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
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:
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
For by one Spirit are ➔ we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been ➔ all made to drink into one Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 12:1
"Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would ➔ not have you ignorant."
1 Corinthians 12:2
"Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led."
1 Corinthians 12:3
"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."
1 Corinthians 12:4
"Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit."
1 Corinthians 12:5
"And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord."
1 Corinthians 12:6
"And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all."
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