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We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith;(A)

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10 Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.(A) 11 Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.(B)

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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)

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For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.(A)

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28 And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then deeds of power, then gifts of healing, forms of assistance, forms of leadership, various kinds of tongues.(A) 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work powerful deeds? 30 Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?(B) 31 But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.(C)

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Now there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit,(A) and there are varieties of services but the same Lord,(B) and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.(C) To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,(D) to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,(E) 10 to another the working of powerful deeds, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.(F) 11 All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.(G)

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And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.(A)

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11 For I long to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift so that you may be strengthened—

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11 He himself granted that some are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers(A)

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But those who prophesy speak to other people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.(A) Those who speak in a tongue build up themselves, but those who prophesy build up the church. Now I would like all of you to speak in tongues but even more to prophesy. One who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up.(B)

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for in every way you have been enriched in him, in speech and knowledge of every kind— just as the testimony of[a] Christ has been strengthened among you(A) so that you are not lacking in any gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ.(B)

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  1. 1.6 Or witness to

Gifts of Prophecy and Tongues

14 Pursue love and strive for the spiritual gifts and especially that you may prophesy.(A)

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I have applied all this to Apollos and myself for your benefit, brothers and sisters, so that you may learn through us what “Not beyond what is written” means, so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of one against another. For who sees anything different in you?[a] What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive?(A)

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  1. 4.7 Or Who makes you different from another?

12 For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.(A)

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Barnabas and Saul Commissioned

13 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a childhood friend of Herod the ruler,[a] and Saul.(A)

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  1. 13.1 Gk tetrarch

15 Let those of us, then, who are mature[a] think this way, and if you think differently about anything, this, too, God will reveal to you.(A)

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  1. 3.15 Or perfect

In former generations this mystery[a] was not made known to humankind, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit:(A)

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  1. 3.5 Gk it

31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged 32 (and the spirits of prophets are subject to the prophets,

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29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.

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32 Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers and sisters.

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27 At that time prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.(A) 28 One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine over all the world, and this took place during the reign of Claudius.(B)

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17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
    and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
    and your old men shall dream dreams.(A)

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49 For this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’(A)

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34 For this reason I send you prophets, sages, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

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