1 Corinthians 12:6

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Summary

1 Corinthians 12:6

And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

Worketh

General references

Numbers 4:28

Bible References

Worketh

All these things [the gifts, the achievements, the abilities, the empowering] are brought about by one and the same [Holy] Spirit, distributing to each one individually just as He chooses.

So neither is the one who plants nor the one who waters anything, but [only] God who causes the growth.

[Elihu comments,] “Behold, God does all these things twice, yes, three times, with a man,

But Jesus answered them, “My Father has been working until now [He has never ceased working], and I too am working.”

and [so that you will begin to know] what the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His [active, spiritual] power is in us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength

For this I labor [often to the point of exhaustion], striving with His power and energy, which so greatly works within me.

For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.

equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

General references

This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle); and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron, the [high] priest.