Spiritual Gifts

Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.

In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. 1 Yet each person has a special gift from God, of one kind or another. 2

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. 3 It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have. 4

Do not neglect the spiritual gift you received. 5 If God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly. 6

Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 7

 

1 Rom 12.4-6 2 1 Cor 7.7 3 1 Cor 12.4-5 4 1 Cor 12.11 5 1 Tim 4.14 6 Rom 12.6-8 7 1 Pet 4.10-11