Of workings (ενεργηματων). Late word, here only in N.T., the effect of a thing wrought (from ενεργεω, to operate, perform, energiz…

Of operations. Of works; that is, of miracles, such as God produces in the church, in the establishment and defense of his religion. There…

NOW there are diversities of gifts: Although conversion is identical in every case, yet afterwards there are spiritual gi…

By using the words “service” (GK 1355) and “working” (GK 1920), Paul indicates that such spiritual gifts were useful in serving the Christian commu…

One God that works. Where we use the word powers, the Greek term is ἐνεργήματα, a term which contains an allusion to the…

And there are diversities of operations ,
There are some that are ordinary, as the good work of grace, and the sever…

Spiritual gifts were extraordinary powers bestowed in the early ages, to convince unbelievers and to spread the gospel. Gifts and graces greatly di…

After discu ing the three sacraments of Baptism, Matrimony, and the Eucharist, the Apostle begins to talk about things related to the reality signi…