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1 Corinthians 12:6
6There are different types of work to do, but the same God produces every gift in every person.
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
4There are different spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. 5There are different ways of serving, and yet the same Lord is served. There are different types of work to do, but the same God produces every gift in every person. 7The evidence of the Spirit’s presence is given to each person for the common good of everyone. 8The Spirit gives one person the ability to speak with wisdom. The same Spirit gives another person the ability to speak with knowledge.
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 12:11There is only one Spirit who does all these things by giving what God wants to give to each person.
- 1 Corinthians 3:7So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is important because ⌞only⌟ God makes it grow.
- Job 33:29Truly, God does all this two or three times with people
- John 5:17Jesus replied to them, “My Father is working right now, and so am I.”
- Ephesians 1:19You will also know the unlimited greatness of his power as it works with might and strength for us, the believers.
- Colossians 1:29I work hard and struggle to do this while his mighty power works in me.
- Philippians 2:13It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him.
- Hebrews 13:21May this God of peace prepare you to do every good thing he wants. May he work in us through Jesus Christ to do what is pleasing to him. Glory belongs to Jesus Christ forever. Amen.
- 1 Corinthians 15:28But when God puts everything under Christ’s authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, since God had put everything under the Son’s authority. Then God will be in control of everything.
- Ephesians 1:23The church is Christ’s body and completes him as he fills everything in every way.
- Colossians 3:11Where this happens, there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, uncivilized person, slave, or free person. Instead, Christ is everything and in everything.
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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