1 Corinthians 12:6

1 Corinthians 12:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
• New International Version (NIV)There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.

Context of 1 Corinthians 12:6

4The Holy Spirit helps us with different kinds of gifts. But it is the same Spirit who gives them. 5We serve the Lord in different ways, but all of us serve the same Lord. We do different kinds of work. But it is the same God who helps us all to work in different ways. 7God helps each of us with a gift from his Spirit. He does that so that we can help others. 8The Spirit helps some people to speak wise messages. Other people can speak messages that help people to know what is true. It is the same Spirit that helps them to do that.

1 Corinthians 12:6 word by word

καὶ διαιρέσεις ἐνεργημάτων εἰσίν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς θεὸς ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• there areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• diversitiesδιαίρεσιςdiairesis · varietyG1243
• of operationsἐνέργημαenergēma · workingG1755
• butδέde · thenG1161
• the sameαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
• workethἐνεργέωenergeō · be activeG1754
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 12:6

• 1 Corinthians 12:11There is only one Holy Spirit. The same Spirit helps people to do all these different things. He decides which gifts he will give to each person.
• 1 Corinthians 3:7The person who plants the seeds is not important. The person who gives water to the plants is not important. The important person is God, because he causes everything to grow.
• Job 33:29God does all these things for people. He does them many times.
• John 5:17But Jesus said to them, ‘My Father is still working, and I too must work.’
• Ephesians 1:19You will also know how very powerful God is. He uses that power to help us now, as we trust in Christ. God's power is greater than anything we could ever know.
• Colossians 1:29That is why I work very hard. Christ works powerfully in me to make me strong for this difficult work.
• Philippians 2:13It is God himself who is working in you. Now you want to obey him, and he makes you strong to do that. When you obey him, that makes him very happy.
• Hebrews 13:21I pray that God will give you every good thing that you need to serve him. Then you can do everything that he wants. I pray that God will help us to serve him in a way that will make him happy. He will do that because we belong to Jesus Christ. Jesus is very great, and we should praise him always and for ever! Amen. This is true.
• 1 Corinthians 15:28When God has put all things under Christ's authority, then God's Son, Jesus Christ, will put himself under his Father's authority. Then God will have complete authority over all things, everywhere.
• Ephesians 1:23The church is like Christ's body and he is its head. Christ fills all things everywhere and he causes the church to become complete.
• Colossians 3:11People have this new nature only because they belong to Christ. That is the important thing. Jews are not different from Gentiles. It does not matter whether someone has circumcised you or not. It does not matter which country you come from or how clever you are. It does not matter whether you are a slave or a free person. Christ is all that matters. He lives in every believer.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 12:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Diversities of operations - · Miraculous influences exerted on others; such as the expulsion of demons, inflicting extraordinary punishments, as in the case of Ananias and Sapphira, Elymas the sorcerer, etc., the healing of different diseases, raising the dead, etc.: all these proceeded from God the Father, as the fountain of all goodness and power, and the immediate dispenser of every good and perfect gift. In the three preceding verses we find more than…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Of operations - Of works; to wit, of miracles, such as God produces in the church, in the establishment and defense of his religion. There are different operations on the mind and heart; and different powers given to man, or different qualifications in building up and defending his cause. Or it may be, possibly, that Paul here refers to the works of God mainly for mere “illustration,” and by the word “operations” means the works which God has performed in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6All the work believers do for God is actually God working through them (see 15:10; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Galatians 2:8; Philippians 2:13; compare Galatians 2:20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. "Gifts" (1Co 12:4), "administrations" (the various functions and services performed by those having the gifts, compare 1Co 12:28), and "operations" (the actual effects resulting from both the former, through the universally operative power of the one Father who is "above all, through all, and in us all"), form an ascending climax [Henderson, Inspiration]. same Lord--whom the Spirit glorifies by these ministrations [Bengel].Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 12:6

• Blessing
• Gifts from God
• Holy Spirit
• Miracles
• Regeneration
• Trinity

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Administration
• Bond
• Covet
• Temper
• Apollos
• Church Government
• Communion; (fellowship)
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings