1 Corinzi 12:11

11 Or tutte queste cose opera quell’uno e medesimo Spirito, distribuendo particolarmente i suoi doni a ciascuno, come egli vuole.

1 Corinzi 12:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 12:11

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,
&c.] Though these gifts, ministrations, and operations, are so different in themselves, and are bestowed upon different persons, yet they are all wrought by one and the same Spirit of God, who is the true Jehovah, and properly God, as these his works declare; for who, but the most high God, could ever communicate such gifts to men?

Dividing to every man severally as he will;
giving one man this gift, and another that; imparting such a measure to one, and such a portion to another, just as seems good in his sight. For as his special grace in regeneration is dispensed when and where, and to whom he pleases, signified by the blowing of the wind where it listeth, ( John 3:8 ) so his gifts, ordinary and extraordinary, are severally distributed, according to his sovereign will and pleasure. This is a clear and full proof of the personality of the Spirit, who is not only distinguished from his gifts, and the distribution of them, which is a personal act described to him; but this is said to be done according to his will, which supposes him an intelligent agent, capable of choosing and willing; and whose will agrees with the Father's, and with the Son's.

1 Corinzi 12:11 In-Context

9 e ad un altro fede, nel medesimo Spirito; e ad un altro doni delle guarigioni, per lo medesimo Spirito; e ad un altro l’operar potenti operazioni; e ad un altro profezia; e ad un altro discernere gli spiriti;

10 e ad un altro diversità di lingue; e ad un altro l’interpretazion delle lingue.

11 Or tutte queste cose opera quell’uno e medesimo Spirito, distribuendo particolarmente i suoi doni a ciascuno, come egli vuole.

12 PERCIOCCHÈ, siccome il corpo è un solo corpo, ed ha molte membra, e tutte le membra di quel corpo, che è un solo, benchè sieno molte, sono uno stesso corpo, così ancora è Cristo.

13 Poichè in uno stesso Spirito noi tutti siamo stati battezzati, per essere un medesimo corpo; e Giudei, e Greci; e servi, e franchi; e tutti siamo stati abbeverati in un medesimo Spirito.