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.
yet their voice goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun,
Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts of a gift never given.
And I will make justice the line and righteousness the plummet; hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.
to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. At once
But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have: “Their voice has gone out to all the earth and their words to the ends of the world.”
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith;
Thus I make it my ambition to proclaim the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on someone else’s foundation,
All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.
But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift.
Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.