1 Corinthians 12:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

But to every man some form of the Spirit's working is given for the common good.

Cross References

Exodus 28:3

Give orders to all the wise-hearted workmen, whom I have made full of the spirit of wisdom, to make robes for Aaron, so that he may be made holy as my priest.

1 Corinthians 12:12

For as the body is one, and has a number of parts, and all the parts make one body, so is Christ.

1 Corinthians 14:12

So if you are desiring the things which the Spirit gives, let your minds be turned first to the things which are for the good of the church.

1 Corinthians 14:17

For your giving of the blessing is certainly well done, but of no profit to the man without knowledge.

1 Corinthians 14:19

But in the church it would be better for me to make use of five words of which the sense was clear, so that others might have profit, than ten thousand words in a strange tongue.

1 Corinthians 14:5

Now though it is my desire for you all to have the power of tongues, it would give me more pleasure to be hearing the prophet's word from you; for this is a greater thing than using tongues, if the sense is not given at the same time, for the good of the church.