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1 Corinthians 12:11

1 Corinthians 12:11

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,.... Though these gifts, ministrations, and operations, are so different in themselves, and are bestowed upon different persons, yet they are all wrought by one and the same Spirit of God, who is the true Jehovah, and properly God, as these his works declare; for who, but the most high God, could ever communicate such gifts to men?

Dividing to every man severally as he will; giving one man this gift, and another that; imparting such a measure to one, and such a portion to another, just as seems good in his sight. For as his special grace in regeneration is dispensed when and where, and to whom he pleases, signified by the blowing of the wind where it listeth, so his gifts, ordinary and extraordinary, are severally distributed, according to his sovereign will and pleasure.

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