1st Corinthians Chapter 12 verse 8 Holy Bible
For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit:
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For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:
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For to one, by the Spirit, is given [the] word of wisdom; and to another [the] word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
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For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
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For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
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for to one through the Spirit hath been given a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - The word of wisdom... the word of knowledge. In modern usage, "knowledge" is the learning which we by use and effort acquire; "wisdom" is the insight which gradually dawns upon us from thought and experience. In the language of the New Testament, the distinction between the two words is not so clearly marked, but" wisdom" seems to belong more to the human spirit, and "knowledge "to the intellect. The "discourse of wisdom" would be that which sets forth the truth of the gospel persuasively to work conversion (1 Corinthians 2:6, 7); the "discourse of knowledge" would be that which enters into the speculative and theoretical elaboration of systematic theology. The first might find its illustration in the 'Imitatio Christi;' the second in the 'Summa Theologiae.'
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) For to one is given by the Spirit.--1Corinthians 12:8-10 illustrate the former statements as to varieties of endowments for the object of the manifestation of the Spirit, still, however, emphasising the unity of their origin, viz., the Holy Spirit. The following division (Meyer's) of the gifts which are here mentioned is, perhaps, the best approach to a classification which can be made. In the Greek the genera (so to speak) are divided by the word hetero, the species by allo, both words being rendered in the English by the one word "another ":--I.Gifts which have reference to intellectual power.(1)The word of wisdom.(2)The word of knowledge.II.Gifts which depend upon special energy of faith.(1) The faith itself.(2) Operating in deeds.(a)Healings.(b)Miracles.
