All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does what he wills with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
1 Corinthians 12:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All these [gifts, achievements, abilities] are inspired and brought to pass by one and the same [Holy] Spirit, Who apportions to each person individually [exactly] as He chooses. American Standard Version (1901) but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will. Common English Bible All these things are produced by the one and same Spirit who gives what he wants to each person. Catholic Public Domain Version But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one according to his will. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But all these things one and the same Spirit worketh, dividing to every one according as he will. |
All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does what he wills with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
John answered, “No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.
The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Indeed, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.
We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith;
So then he has mercy on whomever he chooses, and he hardens the heart of whomever he chooses.
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose.
and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.
However that may be, let each of you lead the life that the Lord has assigned, to which God called you. This is my rule in all the churches.
I wish that all were as I myself am. But each has a particular gift from God, one having one kind and another a different kind.
We, however, will not boast beyond limits but will keep within the field that God has assigned to us, to reach out even as far as you.
In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will,
But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will.
In fulfillment of his own purpose he gave birth to us by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures.