The Trinities
1 Corinthians 12:4-6
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.…


I. PERSONAL.

1. The same Spirit.

2. The same Lord.

3. The same God.

II. REAL.

1. Gifts.

2. Administrations or offices.

3. Operations or works.

III. ACTUAL.

1. Dividing.

2. Manifesting.

3. Profiting.The three real are the ground of all. The three personal are from whence those come. The three actual are whether they will.

(1)  Divided.

(2)  So divided as to make manifest.

(3)  So made manifest as not only —

(a)  To make a show but to some end.

(b)  That end to be not "the hurt or trouble," but "the good."

(c)  The good, not private, of ourselves, but common, of the whole body of the Church.

(Bp. Andrewes.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

WEB: Now there are various kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.




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