36 Bible Verses about Gifts And Talents

As we have gifts that differ in accordance with the favor God has shown us, if it is that of preaching, let it be done in proportion to our faith;

Stop neglecting the gift you received, which was given you through prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you.

He gave one five thousand dollars, another two thousand, another one thousand, to each in accordance with his ability. Then he started on his long journey.

As all of you have received your spiritual talents, you must keep on using them in serving one another, as good trustees of God's many-sided favor.

For just as we have many parts united in our physical bodies, and the parts do not all have the same function,

"For it is just like a man who was going on a long journey from his homeland, who called to him his slaves and turned his property over to them.

There are varieties of gifts, but the Spirit is the same in all;

But in accordance with the measure of Christ's gift, His favor has been bestowed upon each one of us.

To one, wise speech is given by the Spirit; to another, by the same Spirit, intelligent speech is given;

To each of us is given a special spiritual illumination for the common good.

But the man who had received the one thousand went off and dug a hole in the ground and buried his master's money.

For this reason I now remind you to rekindle and keep burning the fire of the divine gift which came upon you when I laid my hands upon you.

About spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be without information.

for the gracious gifts and call of God are never taken back.

The man who had received the five thousand dollars came up and brought him five thousand more, saying, 'You turned over to me five thousand dollars; here are five thousand more I made.'

However, I should like for everyone to be just as I am myself, yet each of us has his own special gift from God, one for one way, another for another.

Not all are people with power to cure the sick, are they? Not all are ecstatic speakers, are they? Not all can explain ecstatic speaking, can they?

or of practical service, in the field of service; or of a teacher, in the field of teaching;

So take the thousand dollars away from him and give it to him who has ten thousand.

so we, though many, are united in one body through union with Christ, and we are individually parts of one another.

Keep on pursuing love, but still keep cultivating your spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophesying.

to another, power for working wonders; to another, prophetic insight; to another, the power to discriminate between the true Spirit and false spirits; to another, various ecstatic utterances; and to another, the power to explain them.

So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.

for the immediate equipment of God's people for the work of service, for the ultimate building up of the body of Christ,

So he said to him too, 'Be governor of five cities?

So, as you are ambitious for spiritual gifts, you must keep trying to excel for the upbuilding of the church.

So he said to him, 'Well done, my good slave! Because you have proven dependable in a very small business, be governor of ten cities!'

so that there is no spiritual gift in which you consciously come short, while you are waiting for the unveiling of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Then the man who had received the two thousand came up and said, 'Master, you turned over to me two thousand dollars; here are two thousand more I made.'

It is not your gift that I want, but I do want the profits to pile up to your credit.

So He said: "Once upon a time a man of noble birth went off to a distant country to get for himself a kingdom and then return.

And God has placed people in the church, first as apostles, second as prophets, third as teachers, then wonder-workers; then people with power to cure the sick, helpers, managers, ecstatic speakers.

Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, in whom there is no variation or changing shadow.

For who makes you superior? And what do you have that you did not get from someone? But if you got it from someone, why do you boast as though you had not?

For the man who has will have more given to him, even till it overflows, but from the man who has nothing even what he has will be taken away.

He called in ten of his slaves and gave them twenty dollars apiece and told them to do business with his money while he was gone.