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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?