John 3:27
John answered, "No one can receive anything except as a gift from heaven.
1 Corinthians 4:7
Who singles you out, my brother? What do you possess that has not been given you? And if it was given you, why do you boast as if it had been gained, not given?
James 1:17
all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth.
Matthew 21:25
Where did the baptism of John come from? From heaven or from men?" Now they argued to themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'
Matthew 25:15
to one he gave twelve hundred pounds, to another five hundred, and to another two hundred and fifty; each got according to his capacity. Then the man went abroad.
Mark 11:30-31
What about the baptism of John? Was it from heaven or from men?"
Mark 13:34
It is like a man leaving his house to go abroad; he puts his servants in charge, each with his work to do, and he orders the porter to keep watch.
Romans 1:5
through whom I have received the favour of my commission to promote obedience to the faith for his sake among all the Gentiles,
Romans 12:6
Our talents differ with the grace that is given us; if the talent is that of prophecy, let us employ it in proportion to our faith;
1 Corinthians 1:1
PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, with brother Sosthenes,
1 Corinthians 2:12-14
Now we have received the Spirit ??not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may understand what God bestows upon us.
1 Corinthians 3:5
Who is Apollos? Who is Paul? They are simply used by God to give you faith, each as the Lord assigns his task.
1 Corinthians 12:11
But all these effects are produced by one and the same Spirit, apportioning them severally to each individual as he pleases.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by God's grace I am what I am. The grace he showed me did not go for nothing; no, I have done far more work than all of them ??though it was not I but God's grace at my side.
Galatians 1:1
PAUL an apostle ??not appointed by men nor commissioned by any man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead, ??2 with all the brothers who are beside me, to the churches of Galatia;
Ephesians 1:1
PAUL, by the will of God an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are faithful in Jesus Christ:
Ephesians 3:7-8
Such is the gospel which I was called to serve by the endowment of God's grace which was vouchsafed me, by the energy of his power;
1 Timothy 2:7
and I was appointed to be its herald and apostle (I am not telling a lie, it is quite true), to teach the Gentiles faith and truth.
Hebrews 5:4-5
Also, it is an office which no one elects to take for himself; he is called to it by God, just as Aaron was.
1 Peter 4:10-11
You must serve one another, each with the talent he has received, as efficient stewards of God's varied grace.