There are divers offices or ministries in the church of God; one ministereth in the office of an elder, another in the office of a deacon; one in one service of the church, another in another service; but there is but one Lord to whom they minister; they all serve the great Lord of the church, Jesus Christ, though in divers orders and places of ministration.
Verse 1 Corinthians 12:5. _DIFFERENCES OF ADMINISTRATIONS_] διακονιων. Various offices in the Church, such as _apostle, prophet_, and _teacher_; under which were probably included _bishop_ or _presby...
OF ADMINISTRATIONS - Margin, “Ministries.” The word properly denotes “ministries;” so that there are different ranks and grades in the ministries which Christ has appointed, to wit, those specified in...
2. THE BODY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Concerning spiritual manifestations and diversities of gifts. (1 Corinthians 12:1 .)_ 2. The Body and its members. (1 Corinthians 12:12 .) In...
Having given a criterion for detecting the spurious, Paul proceeds to discuss the gifts. There are diversities in the manifestation but none in the source. The same Spirit is manifested in manifold gi...
THE CONFESSION OF THE SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)...
There are distinctions between different kinds of special gifts, but there is one and the same Spirit. There are distinctions between different kinds of service, but there is one and the same Lord. Th...
DIFFERENCES. Same as "diversities", 1 Corinthians 12:4. ADMINISTRATIONS. services. App-190....
_differences_ The Greek word is the same in 1 Corinthians 12:4. It is used in the Septuagint (1 Chronicles 26:1; 1 Chronicles 8:14;...
1 Corinthians 12:1-11. Spiritual Gifts; their origin and character "We have often to remind ourselves that this Epistle was addressed to a Church in a state of faction. One cause of rivalry was the me...
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΙΩ͂Ν. MINISTRIES, i.e. services rendered to Christ and His members by His disciples....
1 Corinthians 12:1-11. SPIRITUAL GIFTS; THEIR ORIGIN AND CHARACTER ‘We have often to remind ourselves that this Epistle was addressed to a Church in a state of faction. One cause of rivalry was the me...
_MANY MEMBERS WITH DIFFERENT GIFTS 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11:_ Sadly the brethren at Corinth were divided over "men." Paul wanted it understood that God had given different spiritual gifts to different me...
ΔΙΑΚΟΝΙΏΝ _gen. pl._ от ΔΙΑΚΟΝΊΑ (G1248) служба, служение. _Gen._ описания....
DIFFERENCES OF ADMINISTRATIONS.— _Diversities of offices._ These _offices_ are reckoned up, 1 Corinthians 12:28, &c. The calling them _administrations,_ or _offices,_ was a gentle manner of reminding...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 2 Source of Diversity (1 Corinthians 12:4-11) 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6and there ar...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Text_ 1 Corinthians 12:1-11. Now concerning spiritual gifts. brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that when ye were Gentiles ye were led away unto those dumb idols...
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. ADMINISTRATIONS (the various functions and services of those having the "gifts" of ; cf. ), and "operations" (the effects resulting...
21 The phrase..the Lord's _ supper_ " is misleading. Supper denotes an _ evening _ meal, but the word here employed has no such significance, though its first observance was at night. The word denotes...
_(E) SPIRITUAL GIFTS_ In the early Church various powers, faculties, and graces were bestowed on individual Christians by the Holy Spirit. Some of these were distinctly miraculous, such as prophecy, t...
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 12 *SPIRITUAL GIFTS 12:1-31 1. JESUS IS *LORD 12:1-3 V1 Now about the *Holy Spirit’s gifts, *brothers and *sisters, I do not want to leav...
(4-6) NOW THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF GIFTS. — Although conversion is identical in every case, yet afterwards there are spiritual gifts which vary according to individual capacity and character, but they...
CHAPTER 18 CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS This Epistle is well fitted to disabuse our minds of the idea that the primitive Church was in all respects superior to the Church of our own day. We turn page a...
§ 39. THE VARIOUS CHARISMS OF THE ONE SPIRIT. In treating of the questions of Church order discussed in this Div. of the Ep., the Ap. penetrates from the outward and visible to that which is innermost...
“But,” while the Spirit prompts in all Christians the simultaneous confession _Jesus is Lord_, this unity of faith bears multiform fruit in “distributions of grace-gifts, services, workings”. These ar...
DIFFERING SPIRITUAL GIFTS 1 Corinthians 12:1 Each believer, being an heir of God, has the _same amount of grace_ placed to his credit in the heavenly bank, on which he can draw in time of need. This...
Now the apostle turned from the corrective section of his letter to the constructive as he proceeded to deal with the spiritualities which negative the carnalities. These are those of the unifying Spi...
The Purpose of Spiritual Gifts Different gifts allowed their possesser to accomplish different tasks, but one Spirit gave all gifts. Further, the apostle said different services were rendered by Chris...
There are diversities of grace. Literally, divisions of grace; but all from the same spirit, from the same Lord, from the same God: and all these gifts are designed, and to be made use of for the prof...
But there exists in the Church a second kind of Divine manifestations; _charges_, namely, or ministries, διακονίαι. This word denotes, not like the preceding, inward aptitudes, but external offices, w...
2. THE UNITY OF SPIRITUAL FORCES IN THEIR DIVERSITY. VERS. 4-12. The first and most profound diversity which strikes the mind as it contemplates the display of Divine power within the Church, is the d...
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5. And there are differences of administrations, and the same Lord. 6. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which w...
(4) Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. (5) And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. (6) And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God wh...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
_THREE AND ONE_ ‘Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same...
The other branch of the truth, in reference to the assembly of God in general and to the assemblies, is the presence and the gifts of the Holy Ghost. These, as well as the Lord's supper, are in connec...
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF ADMINISTRATIONS,.... Or ministries; offices in the church, ministered in by different persons, as apostles, prophets, pastors, or teachers and deacons; who were employed i...
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. Ver. 5. _Differences of administrations_] _i.e._ Ecclesiastical functions, all of them the _dona honoraria_ of the Lord Christ, Ephesi...
_Now there are diversities of gifts_ Χαρισματων, _gifts of grace_, both as to kind and degree; _but the same Spirit_ Divers streams, but all from one fountain. This verse speaks of the Holy Ghost, the...
DIFFERENCES OF ADMINISTRATIONS; or offices, which God has established, verses 1 Corinthians 12:28-30....
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF ADMINISTRATIONS, BUT THE SAME LORD....
OF THE USE AND PURPOSE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. All spiritual gifts from God:...
The Lord's supper has been first considered, being the most important of all gatherings, because it is for the united expression of the affections of the saints toward Him. Now ministry toward the sai...
ADMINISTRATIONS: Or, ministries...
AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF MINISTRATIONS, AND THE SAME LORD. 'diversities of ministrations' -'varieties of service.' (RSV) 'As to their purpose, they are "ministrations" intended for the service a...
1-11 Spiritual gifts were extraordinary powers bestowed in the first ages, to convince unbelievers, and to spread the gospel. Gifts and graces greatly differ. Both were freely given of God. But where...
And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord....
1 Corinthians 12:5 G2532 are G1526 (G5748) differences G1243 ministries G1248 but G2532 same G846 Lord G2962
SPIRITUAL GIFTS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF CHRIST AND HIS BODY (12:1-14:33). Paul now begins his reply to their question about spiritual gifts ('concerning spiritual things') and immediately gives an initi...
'Now there are diversities of gifts (charismata), but the same Spirit. And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord. And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who works...
_Second principle:_ ‘Spiritual gifts, though diverse in character, have one Divine source.' Ver. 4. NOW THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT to whose peculiar department it belongs, in...
OF MINISTRATIONS (διακονιων). This old word is from διακονος and has a general meaning of service as here (Romans 11:13) and a special ministration like that of Martha (Luke 10:40) and the collectio...
1 Corinthians 12:1. _Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led._ Although the mem...
CONTENTS: Spiritual gifts in the Body of Christ, for ministry and worship. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: The Body of Christ in the world is for the service for, and manifesta...
1 Corinthians 12:1. _Now concerning spiritual gifts,_ and gifts promised to old men, to young men, and to handmaids, according to Joel 2:28, I would now speak, in the third part of this epistle, and a...
DIFFERENT WAYS OF SERVING. Each of the _gifts from the Spirit_ makes it possible for the one who has them to serve both God and the messianic community. As they _serve,_ all who have _gifts from the S...
_Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant._ SPIRITUAL GIFTS The particular gifts to which St. Paul was referring were not exactly as a whole like anything that is to be...
_Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit._ DIVERSITIES OF GIFTS 1. The glory of the Apostolic Church was not merely in her faith, zeal, conversions, or martyrdoms; but above all, and...
_There are differences of administration, but the same Lord._ THE AGENCIES OF THE CHURCH I. Are widely diversified. 1. Every branch has its own sphere. 2. Every member his own office. (1) Differi...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 12:4 SPIRIT... LORD... GOD. A Trinitarian reference to the Holy Spirit, the Lord Jesus, and God the Father (compare...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1 Some Corinthian Christians seem to have been creating divisions over spiritual gifts. Paul’s use of the body analogy in 1 Corinthians 12
CHAPTER 12 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER In this and the two following Chapter s S. Paul discusses Christian gifts and graces. In this chapter he points out I. That gifts are variously distributed by the...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 12:1.—GIFTS is a translators’ supplement; right in fact, as 1 Corinthians 12:4 show; slightly too precise in word. Almost certainly _neuter_, and so very general, “_spir...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 12:1.—1 Corinthians 14:1.—ON SPIRITUAL GIFTS, AND THE DANGER WHICH AROSE FROM THE
Now concerning the spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you be ignorant (1 Corinthians 12:1). An interesting statement of Paul, because I think that in the church one of the areas where the gre...
1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:29; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Acts 10:36;...
CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS 1 Corinthians 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. A contrast between the spiritual and the carnal in Abram and Lot (Genesis 18:1 and Genesis 19:1). 2. A contrast between
Administrations — Offices. But the same Lord appoints them all....