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Diversity of Gifts in One Body Excerpt Paul’s aim at the moment is not however to establish a rating or hierarchy of gifts, but rather to insist that all gifts whatsoever, important or unimportant, showy or obscure, come from the same source.  All these things  (just listed)  the same one Spirit  (literally,  one and the same Spirit )  puts into  operation  ( ἐνεργεῖ , cf. verse  6  above, where it is used of God; the word suggests that the Spirit is the source of boundless and manifold energy and power—a thoroughly biblical thought),  distributing  (cf. verses  4 ff. )  individually  ( ἰδίᾳ ; see e.g. M. iii.  18 ; it would be possible to write the word  ἴδια , and translate  his own  gifts )  to each one  (it is again implied that each Christian receives some gift)  as  he wills.  Thus it is not for Christians to dictate to the Spirit what gifts they (or other...

Diversity of Gifts in One Body Excerpt Paul’s aim at the moment is not however to establish a rating or hierarchy of gifts, but rather to insist that all gifts whatsoever, important or unimportant, showy or obscure, come from the same source.  All these things  (just listed)  the same one Spirit  (literally,  one and the same Spirit )  puts into  operation  ( ἐνεργεῖ , cf. verse  6  above, where it is used of God; the word suggests that the Spirit is the source of boundless and manifold energy and power—a thoroughly biblical thought),  distributing  (cf. verses  4 ff.)  individually  ( ἰδίᾳ ; see e.g. M. iii.  18 ; it would be possible to write the word  ἴδια , and translate  his own  gifts )  to each one  (it is again implied that each Christ ian receives some gift)  as  he wills.  Thus it is not for Christ ians to dictate to the Spirit what gifts they (or ot...

Diversity of Gifts in One Body Excerpt Paul’s aim at the moment is not however to establish a rating or hierarchy of gifts, but rather to insist that all gifts whatsoever, important or unimportant, showy or obscure, come from the same source.  All these things (just listed)  the same one Spirit  (literally,  one and the same Spirit )  puts into  operation ( ἐνεργεῖ , cf. verse  6  above, where it is used of God; the word suggests that the Spirit is the source of boundless and manifold energy and power—a thoroughly biblical thought), distributing  (cf. verses  4 ff. )  individually  ( ἰδίᾳ ; see e.g. M. iii.  18 ; it would be possible to write the word  ἴδια , and translate  his own  gifts )  to each one  (it is again implied that each Christian receives some gift)  as  he wills.  Thus it is not for Christians to dictate to the Spirit what gifts they (or others) should have...

Diversity of Gifts in One Body Excerpt Paul’s aim at the moment is not however to establish a rating or hierarchy of gifts, but rather to insist that all gifts whatsoever, important or unimportant, showy or obscure, come from the same source.  All these things  (just listed)  the same one Spiri t  (literally,  one and the same Spirit )  puts into  operation  ( ἐνεργεῖ , cf . verse   6  above, where it is used of God ; the word suggests that the Spirit is the source of boundless and manifold energy and power—a thoroughly biblical thought),  distributing  ( cf . verses  4 ff. )  individually  ( ἰδίᾳ ; see e.g. M. iii. 18 ; it would be possible to write the word  ἴδια , and translate  his own  gifts )  to each one  (it is again implied that each Christ ian receives some gift)  as  he wills.  Thus it is not for Christ ians to dictate to the Spirit what gifts they (o...