The Right Tool for the Job

1 Corinthians 3:16 (NLT)

16 Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in* you? 

1 Corinthians 12:4–6 (NLT)

4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. 5 There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. 6 God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.

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Different kind of same common

1 Corinthians 12:7–10 (NLT)
7 A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.

1 Corinthians 12:8–10 (NLT)
8 To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice*; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge.* 9 The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. 10 He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages,* while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. 

Knowledge with Wisdom

Proverbs 9:10 (NIV)
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Faith with healing

James 5:14–15 (NLT)
14 Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven. 

Prophecy with discernment 

1 Corinthians 14:29–33 (NLT)
29 Let two or three people prophesy, and let the others evaluate what is said.

Unknown tongue with interpretation

1 Corinthians 14:27–28 (NLT)
27 No more than two or three should speak in tongues. They must speak one at a time, and someone must interpret what they say. 28 But if no one is present who can interpret, they must be silent in your church meeting and speak in tongues to God privately. 

1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)
10 God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.

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Different kinds of same

1 Corinthians 12:11 (NLT)

11 It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have. 

Deuteronomy 32:4 (NLT)

  4 He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. 

      Everything he does is just and fair. 

    He is a faithful God who does no wrong; 

      how just and upright he is! 

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Different kinds of all

1 Corinthians 12:7 (NLT)
7 A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. 

1 Corinthians 12:30–31 (NLT)
30 Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of course not! 31 So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts. 

But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.

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