1 Peter 4:10

As every man hath received the gift ; rather, according as each received a gift. The aorist ἔλαβεν , "received," seems to point to a definite time, as baptism, or the laying on of hands (comp. Acts 8:17 ; Acts 19:6 ; 1 Timothy 4:14 ). For the gift ( χάρισμα ), comp. Romans 12:6 ; 1 Corinthians 12:4 , "There are diversities of gifts." Even so minister the same one to another ; literally, ministering it towards one another. The gifts of grace, whatever they may be, are talents entrusted to individual Christians for the good of the whole Church; those who have them must use them to minister to the wants of others. As good stewards of the manifold grace of God. We seem to see here a reference to the parable of the talents (comp. also 1 Corinthians 4:1 ; Titus 1:7 ). Christians must be "good stewards ( καλοὶ οἰκονόμοι ) . " There should be not only exactness, but also grace and beauty in their stewardship—the beauty which belongs to holy love, and flows from the imitation of him who is "the good Shepherd ( ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός ).";;The gifts ( χαρίσματα ) are the manifestations of the grace ( χάρις ) of God; that grace from which all gifts issue is called manifold ( ποικίλη ), because of the diversities of its gifts, the variety of its manifestations.