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1 Corinthians 12

1 Cor. 12:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Now
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
there are
eisi (Greek #1526)
they are
KJV usage: agree, are, be, dure, X is, were.
Pronounce: i-see'
Origin: 3d person plural present indicative of 1510
diversities
diairesis (Greek #1243)
a distinction or (concretely) variety
KJV usage: difference, diversity.
Pronounce: dee-ah'-ee-res-is
Origin: from 1244
of gifts
charisma (Greek #5486)
a (divine) gratuity, i.e. deliverance (from danger or passion); (specially), a (spiritual) endowment, i.e. (subjectively) religious qualification, or (objectively) miraculous faculty
KJV usage: (free) gift.
Pronounce: khar'-is-mah
Origin: from 5483
k, but
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
the same
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
Spirit
pneuma (Greek #4151)
a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
KJV usage: ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind. Compare 5590.
Pronounce: pnyoo'-mah
Origin: from 4154
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Heb. 2:4• 4God joining witness with both signs and wonders, and various powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will. (Heb. 2:4)
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1 Peter 4:10• 10according as each received a gift, ministering it toward each other as good stewards of God's various grace: (1 Peter 4:10)

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Ministry on This Verse

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1 Cor. 12:8‑11,28• 8For to one, through the Spirit, is given [the] word of wisdom, and to another [the] word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
 9to a different one faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
 10and to another operations of powers, and to another prophecy, and to another discerning of spirits; to a different one kinds of tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues.
 11But all these things operateth the one and the same Spirit, dividing in particular to each as he pleaseth.
 28And God set some in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then powers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, kinds of tongues. (1 Cor. 12:8‑11,28)
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Rom. 12:4‑6• 4For just as in one body we have many members, but the members have not all the same function,
 5so we, the many, are one body in Christ, but individually members of one another.
 6But having gifts different according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith; (Rom. 12:4‑6)
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Eph. 4:4• 4one body and one Spirit, even as ye were also called in one hope of your calling; (Eph. 4:4)
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Heb. 2:4• 4God joining witness with both signs and wonders, and various powers, and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to his will. (Heb. 2:4)
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1 Peter 4:10• 10according as each received a gift, ministering it toward each other as good stewards of God's various grace: (1 Peter 4:10)
• It is by the Spirit that communion is realized and maintained, it is the primary function of the Spirit; and man must be in communion in order to realize the character and discern the will of God. (“1 Corinthians 12” by J.N. Darby)
• It is not a division into three classes of gifts, but the same thing in substance viewed in three relations: {v.4} gifts, in relation to the Spirit, through whom they come; {v.5} services, in relation to the Lord, under whom and for whose glory they are responsibly exercised; {v.6} and operations or workings or effects, in relation to God, for it is God, and not man, that works the whole in all. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 12:1-6” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But there are distinctions of gifts, but the same Spirit;

W. Kelly Translation

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Now there are differences of gifts, but the same Spirit,