'Ability' in the Bible

To one man he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, based on their ability. Then he went on his trip.

With many other parables like these, Jesus kept speaking his message to them according to their ability to understand.

because I will give you the ability to speak, along with wisdom, that none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in foreign languages as the Spirit gave them that ability.

To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good.

To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;

to another miraculous results; to another prophecy; to another the ability to distinguish between spirits; to another various kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

Keep on pursuing love, and keep on desiring spiritual gifts, especially the ability to prophesy.

Therefore, the person who speaks in a foreign language should pray for the ability to interpret it.

Therefore, my brothers, desire the ability to prophesy, and do not prevent others from speaking in foreign languages.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the suffering we experienced in Asia. We were so crushed beyond our ability to endure that we even despaired of living.

I can testify that by their own free will they have given to the utmost of their ability, yes, even beyond their ability.

For it is God who is producing in you both the desire and the ability to do what pleases him.