Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Diversities (diaireseiv). Old word for distinctions, differences, distributions, from diairew, to distribute, as diairoun (dividing, distributing) in verse I Corinthians 12:11. Only here in the N.T.
Of gifts (xarismatwn). Late word and chiefly in Paul (cf. Romans 12:6) in N.T. (except I Peter 4:19), but some examples in papyri. It means a favour (from xarizomai) bestowed or received without any merit as in Romans 1:11.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 12:4:
Acts 13:9
1 Corinthians 12:6
Ephesians 4:7
1 Peter 4:10
Revelation 1:4
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