A.T. Robertson Commentary 1 Corinthians 12:1

"Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you ignorant." — 1 Corinthians 12:1 (ASV)

Now concerning spiritual gifts (περ δε των πνευματικων). Clearly one of the items asked about in the letter to Paul (7:1) and introduced precisely as the problem of meats offered to idols (8:1). This question runs to the end of chapter 14. Plainly much trouble had arisen in Corinth in the exercise of these gifts.