Differing (διαφορα). Old adjective from διαφερω, to differ, to vary. So Heb 9:10.

According to the proportion of ou…

Having then gifts. All the endowments that Christians have are regarded by the apostle as gifts. God has conferred them; and this…

Gifts differing according to the grace.—The English loses a point here. The word translated "gifts" means specially "gift…

Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;…

“We have different gifts [GK 5922].”

Paul is not referring to gifts in the natural realm, but to those functions made possible by a specific …

Having gifts, etc. Paul is not now speaking simply of cherishing brotherly love among ourselves, but commends humility, which is the best …

Having then gifts, differing

Pride is a sin in us by nature; we need to be cautioned and armed against it. All the saints make up one body in Christ, who is the Head of the bod…

1. After this admonition, the Apostle gives a reason based on the mystical body’s likene to a natural body. He first addre es three things i…