English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 12:6
6and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.
Context of 1 Corinthians 12:6
4Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone. 7To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. 8For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,
Read all of 1 Corinthians 121 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 12:11All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
- 1 Corinthians 3:7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
- Job 33:29"Behold, God does all these things, twice, three times, with a man,
- John 5:17But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."
- Ephesians 1:19and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might
- Colossians 1:29For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
- Philippians 2:13for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
- Hebrews 13:21equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 15:28When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.
- Ephesians 1:23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
- Colossians 3:11Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.
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
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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
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