1 Corinthians Chapter 12, Verse 4
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4: διαιρεσεις δε χαρισματων εισιν το δε αυτο πνευμα
4: Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
4: Now there are diversities of graces, but the same Spirit.
Now there are diversities of gifts. There are different endowments conferred on Christians. For the meaning of the word gifts, See "Rom 1:11". Comp. Rom 5:15, Rom 5:16, Rom 6:23, Rom 11:29, Rom 12:6; 1Cor 1:7, 1Cor 7:7.
But the same Spirit. Produced by the same Spirit -- the Holy Ghost. What those diversities of gifts are, the apostle enumerates in 1Cor 12:8ff. The design for which he refers to these various endowments is evidently to show those whom he addressed, that since they are all produced by the same Holy Spirit, have all the same Divine origin, and are all intended to answer some important purpose and end in the Christian church, that therefore none are to be despised; nor is one man to regard himself as authorized to treat another with contempt. The Spirit has divided and conferred those gifts according to his sovereign will; and his arrangements should be regarded with submission, and the favours which he confers should be received with thankfulness. That the Holy Spirit -- the Third Person of the adorable Trinity -- is here intended, by the word "Spirit," seems to be manifest on the face of the passage, and has been the received interpretation of the church until it was called in question by some recent German commentators, at the head of whom was Eichhorn.
