Origen de Principiis Book I " And while pointing out the individual distinction of gifts, he refers the whole of them to the source of all things. in the words, "There are diversities of operations, but one God who worketh all in all."[89]
Verse 1 Corinthians 12:6. _DIVERSITIES OF OPERATIONS_] ενεργηματων. Miraculous influences exerted on others; such as the expulsion of demons, inflicting extraordinary punishments, as in the case of A...
OF 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...
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...
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...
THE CONFESSION OF THE SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)...
OPERATIONS. workings. Greek. _energema._ Only here and 1 Corinthians 12:10. WORKETH. Greek. _energeo._ See Romans 7:5. ALL IN ALL. i.e. all the gifts in all the members. Figure of speech _Ellipsis._...
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...
_operations_ ἐνεργήματα. _Worchyngis_, Wiclif. Calvin renders _facultas_, but explains this to mean _effectus_. The Apostle here is speaking of _active_power (ἐνέργεια), not latent as in 1 Corinthians...
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...
ἘΝΕΡΓΗΜΆΤΩΝ. _Worchyngis_, Wiclif. Calvin renders by _facultas_, but explains this to mean _effectus_. The Apostle here is speaking of _active_ power (ἐνέργεια), not latent as in 1 Corinthians 1:18 (w...
_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...
ΕΝΈΡΓΗΜΑ (G1755) исполнение, нечто, что достигается путем затраты сил. Таковы результаты или эффект работы, данный Богом (RP). ΈΝΕΡΓΏΝ _praes. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΈΝΕΡΓΈΩ (G1754) исполнять, трудить...
OF OPERATIONS.— What these were, we learn from 1 Corinthians 12:8. They are very properly called ενεργηματα, _in-workings,_ because they were above all human power. Men of themselves could do none of...
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...
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...
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. OPERATIONS - (cf. .) SAME GOD WHICH WORKETH - by His Spirit working (). ALL IN ALL - all of the "gifts...
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...
And there are diversities of (e) operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. (e) So Paul calls that inward power which comes from the Holy Spirit, and makes men fit for wonderful thi...
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...
A third kind of varied manifestations: manifold _operations_ due to the exercise both of those gifts and those offices. The term ἐνεργήματα, _operations_, denotes the powers realized in acts; the real...
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...
6._One God that worketh. _Where we use the word _powers _the Greek term is ἐνεργήματα _, _a term which contains an allusion to the verb _worketh, _as in Latin _effectus _ (an effect) corresponds with...
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 DIVERSITIES OF OPERATIONS, There are some that are ordinary, as the good work of grace, and the several parts of it, the work of faith, the labour of love, and patience of hope, which th...
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. Ver. 6. _Diversities of operations_] The Holy Ghost may use one of less grace to do more good than one of mor...
_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...
DIVERSITIES OF OPERATIONS; such as produce in different cases different effects....
AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF OPERATIONS, BUT IT IS THE SAME GOD WHICH WORKETH ALL IN ALL. Other matters might be postponed until the apostle would be able to carry out his plan of visiting Corinth, bu...
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...
AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF WORKINGS, BUT THE SAME GOD, WHO WORKETH ALL THINGS IN ALL. 'diversities of workings' -'varieties of effects' (NASV) 'As to their effect, they are workings or operations...
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...
OLBGrk; OPERATIONS and _administrations_ both differ from _gifts, _ as acts from habits. Habits and powers, by which men performed holy offices in the church, or wrought miracles, are called _gifts._...
And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all. [Though the gifts were the immediate impartation of the Spirit, yet it was a mistake to think that the Spirit ac...
1 Corinthians 12:6 And G2532 are G1526 (G5748) diversities G1243 activities G1755 but G1161 is G2076 (G5748
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 WORKINGS (ενεργηματων). Late word, here only in N.T., the effect of a thing wrought (from ενεργεω, to operate, perform, energize). Paul uses also the late kindred word ενεργεια (Colossians 1:29;...
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 ABILITIES TO PERFORM SERVICE. The same God is the source of authority for each who has the _gifts from the Spirit,_ therefore all are equal. The whole point of 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 is that ...
_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...
_And there are diversities of operations_, &c. Observe 1. that the Apostle assigns gifts to the Holy Spirit, the fount of goodness; ministries to the Son, as Lord; operations to the Father, as the fir...
_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 12:11; 1 Corinthians 15:28; 1 Corinthians 3:7; Colossians 1:29;...
Operations [ε ν ε ρ γ η μ α τ α]. Rev., workings. Outward manifestations and results of spiritual gifts. The kindred word ejnergeia energy is used only by Paul : and only of superhuman good or evil. C...
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
Operations — Effects produced. This word is of a larger extent than either of the former. But it is the same God who worketh all these effects in all the persons concerned....