1 Corinthians 12:4

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.

For I say through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new languages;

having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship;

Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

Have we no right to take along a wife who is a believer, even as the rest of the apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.

“Hear another parable. There was a man who was a master of a household, who planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a wine press in it, built a tower, leased it out to farmers, and went into another country.

The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,

As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God.

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;

But to each one of us, the grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.

God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill, to work all works in bronze. He came to king Solomon, and performed all his work.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul,

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another builds on it. But let each man be careful how he builds on it.

So let a man think of us as Christ’s servants, and stewards of God’s mysteries.

Yet I wish that all men were like me. However each man has his own gift from God, one of this kind, and another of that kind.

But the one and the same Spirit produces all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

Now I beg you, brothers—you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have set themselves to serve the saints—

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,

which in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit,

Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.”

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

For although by this time you should be teachers, you again need to have someone teach you the rudiments of the first principles of the revelations of God. You have come to need milk, and not solid food.

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

“Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,

Behold, I myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law.

“For it is like a man, going into another country, who called his own servants, and entrusted his goods to them.

For the Son of Man also came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

“It is like a man, traveling to another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, and to each one his work, and also commanded the doorkeeper to keep watch.

They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

He said, “To you it is given to know the mysteries of God’s Kingdom, but to the rest in parables; that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.’

The Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?

He called ten servants of his and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, ‘Conduct business until I come.’

Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”

I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.

“Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved by God to you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him among you, even as you yourselves know,

Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

On the next day, we who were Paul’s companions departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.

Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.”

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed, and each as the Lord gave to him?

For who makes you different? And what do you have that you didn’t receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

But I say to the unmarried and to widows, it is good for them if they remain even as I am.

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.

Working together, we entreat also that you do not receive the grace of God in vain,

I just want to learn this from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

If anyone among you thinks himself to be religious while he doesn’t bridle his tongue, but deceives his heart, this man’s religion is worthless.

As each has received a gift, employ it in serving one another, as good managers of the grace of God in its various forms.

Five curtains shall be coupled together to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another.

Moses said to the children of Israel, “Behold, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

He has filled them with wisdom of heart to work all kinds of workmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do any workmanship, and of those who make skillful works.

According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.”

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.