Bible verses about "gifts" | Goodspeed

¹⁹ Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy Spirit that is within you, which you have received from God? Besides, you are not your own; ²⁰ you have been bought and paid for. Therefore, honor God with your bodies.

¹ So there is no condemnation any more for those who are in union with Christ Jesus.

¹ About spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be misinformed. ² You know that when you were heathen you would stray off, as impulse directed, to idols that could not speak. ³ Therefore, I must tell you that no one who is speaking under the influence of the Spirit of God ever says, "Curse Jesus!" and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord!" without being under the influence of the holy Spirit. ⁴ Endowments vary, but the Spirit is the same, ⁵ and forms of service vary, but it is the same Lord who is served, ⁶ and activities vary, but God who produces them all in us all is the same. ⁷ Each one is given his spiritual illumination for the common good. ⁸ One man receives through the Spirit the power to speak wisely, another, by the same Spirit, receives the power to express knowledge, ⁹ another, from his union with the same Spirit receives faith, another, by one and the same Spirit, the ability to cure the sick, ¹⁰ another, the working of wonders, another, inspiration in preaching, another, the power of distinguishing the true Spirit from false ones, another, various ecstatic utterances, and another, the ability to explain them. ¹¹ These are all produced by one and the same Spirit, and apportioned to each of us just as the Spirit chooses.

¹ About spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be misinformed. ² You know that when you were heathen you would stray off, as impulse directed, to idols that could not speak. ³ Therefore, I must tell you that no one who is speaking under the influence of the Spirit of God ever says, "Curse Jesus!" and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord!" without being under the influence of the holy Spirit. ⁴ Endowments vary, but the Spirit is the same, ⁵ and forms of service vary, but it is the same Lord who is served, ⁶ and activities vary, but God who produces them all in us all is the same. ⁷ Each one is given his spiritual illumination for the common good. ⁸ One man receives through the Spirit the power to speak wisely, another, by the same Spirit, receives the power to express knowledge, ⁹ another, from his union with the same Spirit receives faith, another, by one and the same Spirit, the ability to cure the sick, ¹⁰ another, the working of wonders, another, inspiration in preaching, another, the power of distinguishing the true Spirit from false ones, another, various ecstatic utterances, and another, the ability to explain them. ¹¹ These are all produced by one and the same Spirit, and apportioned to each of us just as the Spirit chooses. ¹² For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, form one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³ For we have all—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free men—been baptized in one spirit to form one body, and we have all been saturated with one Spirit. ¹⁴ For the body does not consist of one part but of many. ¹⁵ If the foot says, "As I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body. ¹⁶ And if the ear says, "As I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body. ¹⁷ If all the body were eye, how would we hear? If it were all ear, how could we have a sense of smell? ¹⁸ As it is, God has arranged the parts, every one of them in the body as he wished them to be. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts, but one body. ²¹ The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," or the head to the feet, "I do not need you." ²² On the contrary, the parts of the body that are considered most delicate are indispensable, ²³ and the parts of it that we think common, we dress with especial care, and our unpresentable parts receive especial attention ²⁴ which our presentable parts do not need. God has so adjusted the body and given such especial distinction to its inferior parts ²⁵ that there is no clash in the body, but its parts all alike care for one another. ²⁶ If one part suffers, all the parts share its sufferings. If a part has honor done it, all the parts enjoy it too. ²⁷ Now you are Christ's body, and individually parts of it. ²⁸ And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as inspired preachers, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then come ability to cure the sick, helpfulness, administration, ecstatic speaking. ²⁹ Is everyone an apostle? Is everyone an inspired preacher? Is everyone a teacher? Is everyone a wonder-worker? ³⁰ Is everyone able to cure the sick? Can everyone speak ecstatically? Can everyone explain what it means? ³¹ But you must cultivate the higher endowments.

¹² For just as the body is one and yet has many parts, and all the parts of the body, many as they are, form one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³ For we have all—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free men—been baptized in one spirit to form one body, and we have all been saturated with one Spirit. ¹⁴ For the body does not consist of one part but of many. ¹⁵ If the foot says, "As I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body. ¹⁶ And if the ear says, "As I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," that does not make it any less a part of the body. ¹⁷ If all the body were eye, how would we hear? If it were all ear, how could we have a sense of smell? ¹⁸ As it is, God has arranged the parts, every one of them in the body as he wished them to be. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts, but one body. ²¹ The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," or the head to the feet, "I do not need you." ²² On the contrary, the parts of the body that are considered most delicate are indispensable, ²³ and the parts of it that we think common, we dress with especial care, and our unpresentable parts receive especial attention ²⁴ which our presentable parts do not need. God has so adjusted the body and given such especial distinction to its inferior parts ²⁵ that there is no clash in the body, but its parts all alike care for one another. ²⁶ If one part suffers, all the parts share its sufferings. If a part has honor done it, all the parts enjoy it too.

⁸ For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God.

³⁸ Peter said to them, "You must repent, and every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to have your sins forgiven; then you will receive the gift of the holy Spirit,

³ By the favor that God has shown me, I would tell every one of you not to think too highly of himself, but to think reasonably, judging himself by the degree of faith God has allowed him. ⁴ For just as there are many parts united in our human bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function, ⁵ so, many as we are, we form one body through union with Christ, and we are individually parts of one another. ⁶ We have gifts that differ with the favor that God has shown us, whether it is that of preaching, differing with the measure of our faith, ⁷ or of practical service, differing in the field of service, or the teacher who exercises his gift in teaching, ⁸ the speaker, in his exhortation, the giver of charity, with generosity, the office-holder, with devotion, the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

¹⁵ Thank God for his indescribable gift!

¹⁷ And whatever you have to say or do, do it all as followers of the Lord Jesus, and offer your thanksgiving to God the Father through him.

²⁹ for God does not change his mind about those to whom he gives his blessings or sends his call.

⁸ For it is by his mercy that you have been saved through faith. It is not by your own action, it is the gift of God. ⁹ It has not been earned, so that no one can boast of it.

¹⁷ Every good gift and every perfect present is from heaven, and comes down from the Father of the heavenly lights, about whom there is no variation of changing shadow.

¹⁰ Whatever the endowment God has given you, use it in service to one another, like good dispensers of God's varied mercy.