1 Corinthians 12:9

9 To others the same Spirit gives faith. To others that one Spirit gives gifts of healing.

1 Corinthians 12:9 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 12:9

To another faith by the same Spirit
Not the grace of faith, which is common to all believers, though given by the same Spirit: but rather the doctrine of faith, and ability to preach it, and boldness and intrepidity of spirit to assert and defend it in the face of all opposition; all which are from the Spirit of God, and are more or less given to pastors and teachers, the third office in the church. Though generally this is understood of a faith of working miracles, as in ( 1 Corinthians 13:2 ) but the working of miracles is mentioned afterwards as distinct, unless it can be thought that this is the general name for miracles, and the rest that follow the particulars of them.

To another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
of healing all manner of sicknesses and diseases: this power Christ gave his disciples, when he first sent them out to preach the Gospel, and which he repeated when he renewed and enlarged their commission after his resurrection; and which was exercised with effect, sometimes only by overshadowing the sick with their shadows, as by Peter, ( Acts 5:15 Acts 5:16 ) sometimes by, laying hands on them, as the father of Publius, and others, were healed by Paul, ( Acts 28:8 Acts 28:9 ) and sometimes by anointing with oil, ( James 5:14 ) . Now these gifts were bestowed in common, by the Spirit, on apostles, prophets, and pastors, or elders of the church, in those early times: the Alexandrian copy, and the Vulgate Latin version, read, "by one Spirit".

1 Corinthians 12:9 In-Context

7 The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all.
8 To some people the Spirit gives the message of wisdom. To others the same Spirit gives the message of knowledge.
9 To others the same Spirit gives faith. To others that one Spirit gives gifts of healing.
10 To others he gives the power to do miracles. To others he gives the ability to prophesy. To others he gives the ability to tell the spirits apart. To others he gives the ability to speak in different kinds of languages they had not known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages.
11 All of the gifts are produced by one and the same Spirit. He gives them to each person, just as he decides.
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