Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
The manifestation of the Spirit - . This is variably understood by the fathers; some of them rendering by illumination, others demonstration, and others operation. The apostle' s meaning seems to be this: Whatever gifts God has bestowed, or in what various ways soever the Spirit of God may have manifested himself, it is all for the common benefit of the Church. God has given no gift to any man for his own private advantage, or exclusive profit. He has it for the benefit of others as well as for his own salvation.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing 1 Corinthians 12:7:
1 Corinthians 12:29
Ephesians 4:11
1 John 4:1
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