I Corinthians 12:6
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There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.
Commentaries
Excerpts gathered from published commentaries to ground the reading.
operations--(Compare Co1 12:10). same God . . . worketh--by His Spirit working (Co1 12:11). all in all--all of them (the "gifts") in all the persons (who possess them).
Open source ↗In this chapter the apostle, I. Considers the case of spiritual gifts, which were very plentifully poured out on the Corinthian church. He considers their original, that they are from God; their variety and use, that they were all intended for one and the same general end, the advancement of Christianity and the church's edification (Co1 12:1-11). II. He illustrates this by an allusion to a human body, in which all the members have a mutual relation and subserviency, and each has its proper place and use (Co1 12:12-26). III. He tells us that the church is the body of Christ, and the members are variously gifted for the benefit of the whole body, and each particular member (Co1 12:27-30). And them, IV. Closes with an exhortation to seek somewhat more beneficial than these gifts (Co1 12:31).
Open source ↗12:6 All the work believers do for God is in fact God working through them (see 15:10; 2 Cor 4:7; Gal 2:8; Phil 2:13; cp. Gal 2:20).
Open source ↗Original language
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So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.
But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.
Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,