Romans 12:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

Then

Differing according

Romans 12:3

Whether

According to the proportion

General references

1 Corinthians 12:7

Bible References

Then

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, which may be for your confirmation;

that in him ye were enriched in everything, in all utterance, and all knowledge,

And these things, brethren, I have transferred in a figure to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that in us ye may learn not to go beyond what is written, that no one of you may pride himself in one against another.

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit;

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

According as each one hath received a gift, minister the same to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Differing according

For through the grace given to me I warn every one among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, according to the measure of faith which God hath imparted to each.

Whether

Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute;

"It shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams;

And in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenaean, and Manaen, the fosterbrother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words and confirmed them.

And this man had four daughters, virgins, who prophesied.

to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

Strive to possess love; and desire earnestly the spiritual gifts, but especially that of prophesying.

which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

despise not prophesyings,

According to the proportion

And a certain Jew, named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.

For if there be first the willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, not according to what he hath not.

Let us, therefore, as many as are perfect, be of this mind; and if ye have a different mind in anything, even this will God reveal to you.

General references

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the good of others.