1 Corinthians 12:11

1 Corinthians 12:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
• New Living Translation (NLT)It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.

Context of 1 Corinthians 12:11

9to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. 12Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

1 Corinthians 12:11 word by word

πάντα δὲ ταῦτα ἐνεργεῖ τὸ ἓν καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα διαιροῦν ἰδίᾳ ἑκάστῳ καθὼς βούλεται.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Butδέde · thenG1161
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• workethἐνεργέωenergeō · be activeG1754
• oneεἷςheis · oneG1520
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the selfsameαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• dividingδιαιρέωdiaireō · to distributeG1244
• to every manἕκαστοςhekastos · eachG1538
• severallyἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• he willβούλομαιboulomai · to planG1014

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 12:11

• 1 Corinthians 12:4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
• 1 Corinthians 7:7I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
• John 3:27To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven.
• Romans 12:6We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;
• 2 Corinthians 10:13We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you.
• Ephesians 4:7But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.
• 1 Corinthians 12:6There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
• Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”
• Matthew 11:26Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
• Matthew 20:15Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
• John 3:8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
• John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.
• Romans 9:18Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
• Ephesians 1:11In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
• Hebrews 2:4God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
• James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 12:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit - All these gifts are miraculously bestowed; they cannot be acquitted by human art or industry, the different languages excepted; but they were given in such a way, and in such circumstances, as sufficiently proved that they also were miraculous gifts.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11But all these - All these various endowments. Worketh - Produces. All these are to be traced to him. That one and the self-same Spirit - The Holy Spirit, Acts 2. They were all, though so different in themselves, to be traced to the Holy Spirit, just as all the natural endowments of people - their strength, memory, judgment, etc. - though so various in themselves are to be traced to the same God. Dividing to every man severally - Conferring on each one as…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines: See 12:4, 6, 18, 28. Paul affirms both God's choice in giving spiritual gifts and the human duty to "earnestly desire the most helpful gifts" (12:31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. as he will--(1Co 12:18; He 2:4).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 12:11

• Gifts from God
• Holy Spirit
• Prophets
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Administration
• Apostle
• Bond
• Covet
• Holy Ghost
• Temper
• Tongues, Gift of
• Barnabas
• Church Government
• Communion; (fellowship)

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