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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Diversity and sameness. "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 the same Lord is served by these various ministries." Nature shows us the diversified forms and expressions of the common life. Science admits the diversity, and seeks to recognize the one great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:6

Operations . Manifestations of Divine power. The same God which worketh all in all. God is the Source of all gifts in all men. He is the Sun of the whole universe, and always in the meridian; and from him, as the Father of lights, flows every good and perfect gift ( James 1:17 ). It will be seen that this is one of the many passages which teach with perfect clearness the doctrine of the Trinity in unity. All in all (for this expression, see 1 Corinthians 15:28 ; Ephesians 1:23 ).... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:6

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 powers given to man, or different qualifications in building up and defending his cause. Or it may be, possibly, that Paul here refers to the works of God mainly for mere “illustration,” and by the word “operations” means the works which God has performed in creation and providence. His works are... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

1 Corinthians 12:4-6. 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 next of Christ, the sixth of God the Father. And there are differences of administrations Of offices or functions in the church, wherein those gifts are to be exercised, which are indeed but services, and therefore not fit fuel for pride; but the same Lord Appoints... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

12:1-14:40 SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN THE CHURCHThe variety of gifts (12:1-11)Some unusual spiritual gifts operated in the early church. One of these caused people to speak with strange sounds (commonly referred to as ‘tongues’) that neither they nor the hearers understood unless someone interpreted them. Some at Corinth, still influenced by attitudes from former idolatrous days, were impressed by such things and considered those who so spoke to be spiritually superior. However, the situation got out... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 12:6

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. App-6 . in . App-104 . Note the Figure of speech Symploke in these three verses: each beginning with "diversities", and ending the sentence with "the same". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:6

And there are diversities of workings, but the same God, who worketh all things in all.The mere fact of some of the Corinthian Christians having one gift and others another gift really made no difference, since it was the same godhead working through all of them. Unlike the numerous idols of the pagans, the one true God is a unity, a unity which was denied by the parties and divisions in Corinth; and these words were written with a view to restructuring the broken unity. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:6

1 Corinthians 12:6. Of operations.— What these were, we learn from 1 Corinthians 12:8-11. They are very properly called ενεργηματα, in-workings, because they were above all human power. Men of themselves could do none of them at all; but it was God, as the Apostle tells us here, who, in these extraordinary gifts of the Holy Ghost, did all that was done: it was the effect of his immediate operation, as St. Paul assures us in that parallel place, Php 2:13 in which chapter, 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1Co... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:6

6. operations—(Compare :-). same God . . . worketh—by His Spirit working (1 Corinthians 12:11). all in all—all of them (the "gifts") in all the persons (who possess them). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 12:4-11

Diversity in the Godhead and the gifts 12:4-11 read more