1 Corinthians 7:7

Yet I would that everybody lived as I do; but each of us has his own special gift from God--one in one direction and one in another.

Matthew 19:11-12

"It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed.

1 Corinthians 9:5

Have we not a right to take with us on our journeys a Christian sister as our wife, as the rest of the Apostles do--and the Lord's brothers and Peter?

1 Corinthians 12:11

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.

Acts 26:29

"My prayer to God, whether briefly or at length," replied Paul, "would be that not only you but all who are my hearers to-day, might become such as I am--except these chains."

Romans 12:6

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;

1 Corinthians 7:8

But I tell the unmarried, and women who are widows, that it is well for them to remain as I am.

1 Corinthians 12:4

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

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I, for my part, have not used, and do not use, my full rights in any of these things. Nor do I now write with that object so far as I myself am concerned, for I would rather die than have anybody make this boast of mine an empty one.

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For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

I would

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Bible References

I would

Acts 26:29
"My prayer to God, whether briefly or at length," replied Paul, "would be that not only you but all who are my hearers to-day, might become such as I am--except these chains."

But

1 Corinthians 12:11
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.
Matthew 19:11
"It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed.

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Matthew 19:11
"It is not every man," He replied, "who can receive this teaching, but only those on whom the grace has been bestowed.