1 Corinthians 12:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Matt 23:10 : 10 And you may not be named guides: because one is your Guide, even Christ.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--
  • Rom 12:6-8 : 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; 7 Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it; 8 He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.
  • Rom 14:8-9 : 8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's. 9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.
  • 1 Cor 8:6 : 6 There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.
  • 1 Cor 12:28-29 : 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?
  • Eph 4:11-12 : 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:
  • Phil 2:11 : 11 And that every tongue may give witness that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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    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:

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

    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.

    15 If the foot says, Because I am not the hand, I am not a part of the body; it is no less a part of the body.

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

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    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;

    7 Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

  • 1 Cor 12:18-20
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    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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    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.

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    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?

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    5 For though there are those who have the name of gods, in heaven or on earth, as there are a number of gods and a number of lords,

    6 There is for us only one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we are for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we have our being through him.

  • Eph 4:4-7
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    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;

    5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

    6 One God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in all.

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

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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.

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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.

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    10 Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

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    9 And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

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    18 But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

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