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12 Bible Verses About Using Your Gifts

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Summary

  • 1 Corinthians 12:7 says each gift of the Spirit is given “for the common good,” and 1 Peter 4:10 says to use it “to serve others.”
  • Exodus 31:3 says God filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God and with skill for working gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood.
  • Timothy’s gift came through the laying on of hands: the elders’ hands in 1 Timothy 4:14, Paul’s in 2 Timothy 1:6.
  • In Matthew 25 the servant who buried his bag of gold lost it; the Greek word behind “bag of gold” is talanton, which the King James Version renders “talents.”
  • Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4 and 1 Peter 4 each list gifts, and no two of the lists are the same.

The Bible treats a gift as something God gives for a purpose and expects to be used. In the New Testament that purpose is the good of other people, and in Exodus a gift of the Spirit includes the skill of a craftsman. Paul tells the church at Corinth that each gift is given “for the common good” (1 Corinthians 12:7), Peter says to use it “to serve others” (1 Peter 4:10), and Romans 12:6-8 lists gifts from prophesying to…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Greek 5007, τάλαντον (talanton): a balance, a certain weight, and thence a sum of money; used in Matthew 25:15. biblehub.com/greek/5007

King James Version, Matthew 25:15: “And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one.” biblegateway.com

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