36 Bible Verses about Gifts And Talents

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;

You have a gift that came to you transmitted by the prophets, when the presbytery laid their hands upon you; do not neglect that gift.

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.

You must serve one another, each with the talent he has received, as efficient stewards of God's varied grace.

In our one body we have a number of members, and the members have not all the same function;

For the case is that of a man going abroad, who summoned his servants and handed over his property to them;

There are varieties of talents, but the same Spirit;

But each one of us is granted his own grace, as determined by the full measure of Christ's gift.

One man is granted words of wisdom by the Spirit, another words of knowledge by the same Spirit;

Each receives his manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

But the servant who had got the two hundred and fifty pounds went off and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.

Hence I would remind you to rekindle the divine gift which you received when my hands were laid upon you;

But I want you to understand about spiritual gifts, brothers.

For God never goes back upon his gifts and call.

Then the servant who had got the twelve hundred pounds came forward, bringing twelve hundred more; he said, 'You handed me twelve hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another twelve hundred.'

I would like all men to be as I am. However, everyone is endowed by God in his own way; he has a gift for the one life or the other.

Are all endowed with the gifts of healing? Are all able to speak in 'tongues'? Are all able to interpret?

if it is practical service, let us mind our service; the teacher must mind his teaching,

Take therefore the two hundred and fifty pounds away from him, give it to the servant who had the twelve hundred.

so too, for all our numbers, we form one Body in Christ and we are severally members one of another.

Make love your aim, and then set your heart on the spiritual gifts ??especially upon prophecy.

one has prophecy, another the gift of distinguishing spirits, another the gift of 'tongues' in their variety, another the gift of interpreting 'tongues.'

Well then, you should have handed my money to the bankers and I would have got my capital with interest when I came back.

for the equipment of the saints, for the business of the ministry, for the upbuilding of the Body of Christ,

To him he said, 'And you are set over five towns.'

So with yourselves; since your heart is set on possessing 'spirits,' make the edification of the church your aim in this desire to excel.

'Capital,' he said, 'you excellent servant! because you have proved trustworthy in a trifle, you are placed over ten towns.'

Thus you lack no spiritual endowment during these days of waiting till our Lord Jesus Christ is revealed;

Then the servant with the five hundred pounds came forward. He said, 'You handed me five hundred pounds, sir; here I have gained another five hundred.'

It is not the money I am anxious for; what I am anxious for is the interest that accumulates in this way to your divine credit!

"A nobleman," he said, "went abroad to obtain royal power for himself and then return.

That is to say, God has set people within the church to be first of all apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators, and speakers in 'tongues' of various kinds.

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.

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?

For to everyone who has shall more be given and richly given; but from him who has nothing, even what he has shall be taken.

He first called his ten servants, giving them each a five-pound note, and telling them, 'Trade with this till I come back.'