Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
diversities of gifts—that is, varieties of spiritual endowments peculiar to the several members of the Church: compare "dividing to every man severally" (I Corinthians 12:11).
same Spirit—The Holy Trinity appears here: the Holy Spirit in this verse; Christ in I Corinthians 12:5; and the Father in I Corinthians 12:6. The terms "gifts," "administrations," and "operations," respectively correspond to the Divine Three. The Spirit is treated of in I Corinthians 12:7, etc.; the Lord, in I Corinthians 12:12, etc.; God, in I Corinthians 12:28. (Compare Ephesians 4:4-6).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Corinthians 12:4:
1 Corinthians 1:7
1 Corinthians 12:5-6
1 Corinthians 12:31
Philippians 2:1
1 Timothy 3:13
1 Timothy 4:14
Hebrews 2:4
Revelation 22:6
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