But we will not boast beyond measure but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us, namely, to reach even to you.
There is no speech, no words; their voice is not heard;
Clouds and wind but no rain— the one who boasts of a gift not given.
I will make judgment a measuring line, and justice a level.— Hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters shall flood the hiding place.
To one he gave five talents; to another, two; to a third, one—to each according to his ability. Then he went away. Immediately
But I ask, did they not hear? Certainly they did; for “Their voice has gone forth to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
For by the grace given to me I tell everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than one ought to think, but to think soberly, each according to the measure of faith that God has apportioned.
Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them: if prophecy, in proportion to the faith;
Thus I aspire to proclaim the gospel not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on another’s foundation,
But one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing them individually to each person as he wishes. One Body, Many Parts.
But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grace.