1 Corinthians 12:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

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  • 1 Cor 12:4 : 4 Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 10:13 : 13 We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you.
  • Heb 2:4 : 4 And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.
  • Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
  • Eph 4:7 : 7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.
  • 1 Cor 12:6 : 6 And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
  • Matt 11:26 : 26 Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.
  • Matt 20:15 : 15 Have I not the right to do as seems good to me in my house? or is your eye evil, because I am good?
  • John 3:8 : 8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
  • John 3:27 : 27 And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
  • John 5:21 : 21 In the same way, as the Father gives life to the dead, even so the Son gives life to those to whom he is pleased to give it.
  • Rom 9:18 : 18 So then, at his pleasure he has mercy on a man, and at his pleasure he makes the heart hard.
  • Rom 12:6 : 6 And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;
  • 1 Cor 7:7 : 7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.
  • 1 Cor 7:17 : 17 Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 84%

    4 Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

    5 And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.

    6 And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.

    7 But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

    8 For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

    9 To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

    10 And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

  • Rom 12:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3 But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.

    4 For, as we have a number of parts in one body, but all the parts have not the same use,

    5 So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

    6 And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

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    12 For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

    13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.

    14 For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

  • 74%

    18 But now God has put every one of the parts in the body as it was pleasing to him.

    19 And if they were all one part, where would the body be?

    20 But now they are all different parts, but one body.

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    25 So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

    26 And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

    27 Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

    28 And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

    29 Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?

    30 Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

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    10 Making distribution among one another of whatever has been given to you, like true servants of the unmeasured grace of God;

    11 If anyone has anything to say, let it be as the words of God; if anyone has the desire to be the servant of others, let him do it in the strength which is given by God; so that in all things God may have the glory through Jesus Christ, whose are the glory and the power for ever.

  • 4 And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.

  • 7 It is my desire that all men might be even as I am. But every man has the power of his special way of life given him by God, one in this way and one in that.

  • 26 What is it then, my brothers? when you come together everyone has a holy song, or a revelation, or a tongue, or is giving the sense of it. Let everything be done for the common good.

  • 38 But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.

  • 7 But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

  • 17 Only, as the Lord has given to a man, and as is the purpose of God for him, so let him go on living. And these are my orders for all the churches.

  • 12 So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

  • 2 For he who makes use of tongues is not talking to men but to God; because no one has the sense of what he is saying; but in the Spirit he is talking of secret things.

  • 8 Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

  • 1 But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

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    31 For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort;

    32 And the spirits of the prophets are controlled by the prophets;

  • Eph 4:11-12
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    11 And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;

    12 For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

  • 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.

  • 4 There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;

  • 10 But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.

  • 15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.

  • 12 So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.

  • 16 Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

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    12 But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.

    13 And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

  • 8 And God, the searcher of hearts, was a witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit even as he did to us;

  • 11 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;

  • 5 Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.