¹¹ All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.^(A)

⁴ Now there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit,^(A)

⁴ while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will.^(A)

¹³ We, however, will not boast beyond limits but will keep within the field that God has assigned to us, to reach out even as far as you.

⁷ But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift.^(A)

⁶ and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.

¹⁸ In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.^(A)

¹¹ In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance,^[a] having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,^(A)

The Life that the Lord Has Assigned

¹⁷ However that may be, let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. This is my rule in all the churches.^(A)

⁷ I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind.^(A)