Category Archives: spiritual gifts

tongues are for understanding

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 14:4-6 1Co 14:4 The one speaking in another language builds himself us, but the one prophesying builds up the church. 1Co 14:5 I wish all of you spoke in other languages, but I wish even more that you … Continue reading →

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chasing love while giving gifts

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 14:1-3 1Co 14:1 You should chase love relentlessly, while still seeking to offer the gifts, especially so that you can prophesy. 1Co 14:2 Because the one speaking in a different language cannot communicate with his colleague, but to … Continue reading →

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mystery in the mirror

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 13:11-13 1Co 13:11 When I was a minor, I spoke like a minor, I thought like a minor, I reasoned like a minor. When I became a man, I put aside the things associated with my having been … Continue reading →

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love lasts

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 13:8-10 1Co 13:8 Love never dies out. But if there are prophecies proclaimed, they will be done away with; if languages spoken, they will cease to exist; if a mystery exists, it will be done away with. 1Co … Continue reading →

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special ingredient

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 1Co 13:1 If I speak in the human languages and the angelic ones, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 1Co 13:2 And if I have a prophecy, and … Continue reading →

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great, greater, even greater

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:29-31 1Co 12:29 All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not ministering miracles, are they? 1Co 12:30 All do not have gifts of healing, do … Continue reading →

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the missions gift list

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:26-28 1Co 12:26 If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it. If a part is respected, all the parts celebrate with it. 1Co 12:27 But you all are the body of Christ, and each is a … Continue reading →

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clothing the parts respectfully

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:23-25 1Co 12:23 Just like those parts of the body, which we think to be shameful; on these we put more respectful clothing, so that our unpresentable parts have a more respectable image. 1Co 12:24 but our presentable … Continue reading →

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essential but ignored

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:20-22 1Co 12:20 There are many parts, but it is one body. 1Co 12:21 That means that the eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you; nor the head to the feet, “I do not … Continue reading →

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welcoming diversity

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Jefferson Vann

1 Corinthians 12:17-19 1Co 12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing come from? Or, if the whole thing were an ear, where would its sense of smell come from? 1Co 12:18 But God has now … Continue reading →

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