42 Bible Verses about Spiritual Gifts

But about the things of the spirit, my brothers, it is not right for you to be without teaching.

But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

Go after love; still desiring to have the things which the Spirit gives, but most of all that you may have the prophet's power.

Now there are different qualities given to men, but the same Spirit.

And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

Are all able to take away disease? have all the power of tongues? are all able to give their sense?

For to one are given words of wisdom through the Spirit; and to another words of knowledge through the same Spirit:

To another faith in the same Spirit; and to another the power of taking away disease, by the one Spirit;

But all these are the operations of the one and the same Spirit, giving to every man separately as his pleasure is.

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

But let your desires be turned to the more important things given by the Spirit. And now I am pointing out to you an even better way.

And there are different operations, but the same God, who is working all things in all.

For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.

And the spirits of the prophets are controlled by the prophets;

And I have given him the spirit of God and made him wise and full of knowledge and expert in every sort of handwork,

So that having every grace you are living in the hope of the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;

And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the touch of the Apostles' hands, he made them an offering of money, saying,

But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

For this reason I say to you, Let that grace of God which is in you, given to you by my hands, have living power.

But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.

For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord;

Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.

Or the position of a Deacon of the church, let a man give himself to it; or he who has the power of teaching, let him make use of it;

If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

So that in him you have wealth in all things, in word and in knowledge of every sort;

So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.

And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.