King James Version
1 Corinthians 12:4 in the King James Version says “Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.” — study this verse from 1 Corinthians chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.”
1 Corinthians 12:4 · KJV
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. accursed: or, anathema
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. administrations: or, ministries
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of gifts”
G5486a (divine) gratuity, i.e., deliverance (from danger or passion); (specially), a (spiritual) endowment, i.e., (subjectively) religious qualification, o
“the same”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“Spirit”
G4151a current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital prin
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