John 3:27
"A man cannot obtain anything," replied John, "unless it has been granted to him from Heaven.
1 Corinthians 4:7
Why, who gives you your superiority, my brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? And if you really did receive it, why boast as if this were not so?
James 1:17
Every gift which is good, and every perfect boon, is from above, and comes down from the Father, who is the source of all Light. In Him there is no variation nor the slightest suggestion of change.
Matthew 21:25
John's Baptism, whence was it? --had it a heavenly or a human origin?" So they debated the matter among themselves. "If we say 'a heavenly origin,'" they argued, "he will say, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
Matthew 25:15
To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one--to each according to his individual capacity; and then started from home.
Mark 11:30-31
John's Baptism--was it of Heavenly or of human origin? Answer me."
Mark 13:34
It is like a man living abroad who has left his house, and given the management to his servants--to each one his special duty--and has ordered the porter to keep awake.
Romans 1:5
through whom we have received grace and Apostleship in His service in order to win men to obedience to the faith, among all Gentile peoples,
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 1:1
Paul, called to be an Apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God--and our brother Sosthenes:
1 Corinthians 2:12-14
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.
1 Corinthians 3:5
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are just God's servants, through whose efforts, and as the Lord granted power to each, you accepted the faith.
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.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But what I am I am by the grace of God, and His grace bestowed upon me did not prove ineffectual. But I labored more strenuously than all the rest--yet it was not I, but God's grace working with me.
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle sent not from men nor by any man, but by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from among the dead--
Ephesians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God: To God's people who are in Ephesus--believers in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:7-8
in which I have been appointed to serve, in virtue of the work which God, in the exercise of His power within me, has graciously entrusted to me.
1 Timothy 2:7
and of which I have been appointed a herald and an Apostle (I am speaking the truth: it is not a fiction)
Hebrews 5:4-5
And no one takes this honourable office upon himself, but only accepts it when called to it by God, as Aaron was.
1 Peter 4:10-11
Whatever be the gifts which each has received, you must use them for one another's benefit, as good stewards of God's many-sided kindness.