'Gift' in the Bible

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is within you, whom you have [received as a gift] from God, and that you are not your own [property]?

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

and to another the working of miracles, and to another prophecy [foretelling the future, speaking a new message from God to the people], and to another discernment of spirits [the ability to distinguish sound, godly doctrine from the deceptive doctrine of man-made religions and cults], to another various kinds of [unknown] tongues, and to another interpretation of tongues.

And by God's appointment there are in the Church--first Apostles, secondly Prophets, thirdly teachers. Then come miraculous powers, and then ability to cure diseases or render loving service, or powers of organization, or varieties of the gift of 'tongues.'

Not all have the gift of healing, do they? Not all speak in foreign languages, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

Love never fails [it never fades nor ends]. But as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for the gift of special knowledge, it will pass away.

Therefore let a man who has the gift of tongues pray for the power of interpreting them.

Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

This shows that the gift of tongues is intended as a sign not to those who believe but to unbelievers, but prophecy is intended not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

or if there is no interpreter, let the man with the gift be silent in the Church, speaking to himself and to God.

and the spiritual gift of prophets to prophets are subject,

When I arrive, I will send with letters those you recommend to carry your gracious gift to Jerusalem.