40 Bible Verses about Spiritual Gifts

It is important, brethren, that you should have clear knowledge on the subject of spiritual gifts.

But to each of us a manifestation of the Spirit has been granted for the common good.

Be eager in your pursuit of this Love, and be earnestly ambitious for spiritual gifts, but let it be chiefly so in order that you may prophesy.

Now there are various kinds of gifts, but there is one and the same Spirit;

But since we have special gifts which differ in accordance with the diversified work graciously entrusted to us, if it is prophecy, let the prophet speak in exact proportion to his faith;

Do not be careless about the gifts with which you are endowed, which were conferred on you through a divine revelation when the hands of the elders were placed upon you.

Have all miraculous powers? Have all ability to cure diseases? Do all speak in 'tongues'? Do all interpret?

To one the utterance of wisdom has been granted through the Spirit; to another the utterance of knowledge in accordance with the will of the same Spirit;

to a third man, by means of the same Spirit, special faith; to another various gifts of healing, by means of the one Spirit;

But these results are all brought about by one and the same Spirit, who bestows His gifts upon each of us in accordance with His own will.

Therefore, seeing that you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them so as to benefit the Church.

to another the exercise of miraculous powers; to another the gift of prophecy; to another the power of discriminating between prophetic utterances; to another varieties of the gift of 'tongues;' to another the interpretation of tongues.

But always seek to excel in the greater gifts. And now I will point out to you a way of life which transcends all others.

diversities in work, and yet one and the same God--He who in each person brings about the whole result.

For I am longing to see you, in order to convey to you some spiritual help, so that you may be strengthened;

And by God's appointment there are in the Church--first Apostles, secondly Prophets, thirdly teachers. Then come miraculous powers, and then ability to cure diseases or render loving service, or powers of organization, or varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'

various forms of official service, and yet one and the same Lord;

and the spirits of Prophets yield submission to Prophets.

so that there is no gift of God in which you consciously come short while patiently waiting for the reappearing of our Lord Jesus Christ,

If I possess the gift of prophecy and am versed in all mysteries and all knowledge, and have such absolute faith that I can remove mountains, but am destitute of Love, I am nothing.

When, however, Simon saw that it was through the laying on of the Apostles' hands that the Spirit was bestowed, he offered them money.

Yet to each of us individually grace was given, measured out with the munificence of Christ.

For this reason let me remind you to rekindle God's gift which is yours through the laying on of my hands.

But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes forth from God, that we may know the blessings that have been so freely given to us by God.

This shows that the gift of tongues is intended as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers, but prophecy is intended not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

For God does not repent of His free gifts nor of His call;

if it is the gift of administration, let the administrator exercise a sound judgement in his duties.

If it is we who sowed the spiritual grain in you, is it a great thing that we should reap a temporal harvest from you?

that you have been so richly blessed in Him, with readiness of speech and fulness of knowledge.

For this reason I would have you understand that no one speaking under the influence of The Spirit of God ever says, "Jesus is accursed," and that no one is able to say, "Jesus is Lord," except under the influence of the Holy Spirit.

Answer me this one question, "Is it on the ground of your obedience to the Law that you received the Spirit, or is it because, when you heard, you believed?"

As for you, you are the body of Christ, and individually you are members of it.

Of these we speak--not in language which man's wisdom teaches us, but in that which the Spirit teaches--adapting, as we do, spiritual words to spiritual truths.

while God corroborated their testimony by signs and marvels and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed in accordance with His own will.

The unspiritual man rejects the things of the Spirit of God, and cannot attain to the knowledge of them, because they are spiritually judged.