1st Corinthians Chapter 12 verse 4 Holy Bible
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.
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But there are distinctions of gifts, but the same Spirit;
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Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
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And there are diversities of gifts, and the same Spirit;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Diversities. This word is used in each of these verses. Gifts; charismata; endowments imparted by the Holy Spirit. The word is rendered "free gift" in Romans 5:13. The same Spirit. The gifts of the Spirit are not uniform, but display diversity in unity Just as the sunlight playing on different surfaces produces a multiplicity of gleams and colours, so the Holy Spirit manifests his presence variously, and even sometimes with sharp contrasts, in different individualities.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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 all come from the one Spirit. There are varieties of ministration in which those spiritual gifts are employed, and (not "but" in the Greek) the same Lord is served by these varied ministries; there are varieties of operations resulting from these gifts and ministrations, but it is the same God who works them all in all cases. We have here a clear indication of the doctrine of the Holy Trinity--the HOLY SPIRIT, the direct source of spiritual gifts; the SON, the one in whose service these gifts are to be used as ministers; the FATHER, the one supreme origin of all powers thus bestowed in diverse manners by the one Spirit, and for diverse purposes in the ministering to the One Son. Thus, underlying this passage is the vivid realisation of the Trinity in unity, and unity in Trinity of the Divine Nature.
