36 Bible Verses about Gifts And Talents
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But we have gifts differing according to the grace which was given to us. He that has the gift of prophecy, let him prophesy according to the proportion of his faith.
Never neglect the gift within you, which was given in fulfilment of prophecy at the time of the laying on of hands by the elders.
"To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another, one??o each according to his individual ability??nd then set out on his travels.
Whatever the gifts which each has received, use them for one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
For even as we have many members in one body, and not all members have the same function;
"For it is like a man going into another country, who summoned his slaves, and committed his property to their care.
And to each one of us was grace given according to the measure of the munificence of Christ.
For to one man by the Spirit has been given a word of wisdom, to another a word of insight by the same Spirit;
Now to each man has been given his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
"But he who had received the one talent went off, and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master's money.
For this reason let me remind you to keep ever blazing that gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not wish you to be ignorant.
"The man who had received the five talents came, bringing five more, and said: "'Master, five talents you entrusted to me; see, I have gained five more.'
I would that every one lived as I do; but each man has his own special gift from God, one this, another that.
Have all gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
So take away the talent from him, and give it to the man who has ten talents.
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.
Hotly pursue this love, yet seek earnestly spiritual gifts, and chiefly that you may prophesy.
to another the powers which work miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
Then you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my property with interest.
in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
So also in your case, since you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, seek to excel in them for the upbuilding of the church.
"And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'
so that you lack no divine gift, while you are waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
"The second, who had received the two talents, came up and said: "'Master, it was two talents that you entrusted to me; see, I have gained two more.'
It is not your gifts I am eager for, but I am eager for the abundant profit that accrues to your divine account.
So he said: "A certain nobleman went abroad to receive for himself royal power and to return.
And God has appointed those in the church to be first of all apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers. then workers of miracles, healers, helpers, administrators, users of various kinds of "tongues."
Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, and is ever coming down to us from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of eclipse.
For who makes you a differ, brother? Or what have you that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why are you boasting as if you had not received it?
(For to every one who has, it shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him who has not shall be taken away even what he has.)
"And he summoned ten slaves of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said to them, "'Trade with these until I come.'
