1 Corinthians 12:1

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now concerning - it is now time that I should speak of spiritual endowments. He had no doubt been consulted in regard to them, and probably vario...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now (1) concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not have you (a) ignorant. (1) Now he enters into the third part of this treatise touching t...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

He begins by distinguishing true gifts of the Spirit from their counterfeit. Unhappily 1 Corinthians 12:2 is far from clear, and the text is perhap...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Now concerning spiritual things. He goes on to correct another fault. As the Corinthians abused the gifts of God for ostentation and show...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now concerning spiritual gifts , brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Now concerning spiritual gifts - This was a subject about which they appea...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 12:1 .— The Corinthians seem to have inquired of St. Paul, what order of precedency and preference men were to have with respect t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. This is the second subject for correction in the Corinthian assemblie...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(e) Spiritual Gifts In the early Church various powers, faculties, and graces were bestowed on individual Christians by the Holy Spirit. Some of...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XII. (1) Now concerning spiritual gifts. — Again the sequence of the topics treated of is probably decided by the subjects contained in the lett...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Differing Spiritual Gifts 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Each believer, being an heir of God, has the same amount of grace placed to his credit in the...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Now the apostle turned from the corrective section of his letter to the constructive as he proceeded to deal with the spiritualities which negative t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This very blessed Chapter, from beginning to end, is directed to one and the same Subject; namely, to describe the Oneness and Union of Chr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. (2) Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, e...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SPIRITUAL GIFTS ‘Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.’ 1 Corinthians 12:1 St. Paul is setting forth to t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now concerning spiritual gifts ,.... Though the word "gifts" is not in the original text, it is rightly supplied by our translators, as it is in the...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. 1 Now concer...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now concerning spiritual gifts Miraculous gifts of the Holy Ghost, bestowed on many believers in those times, for their confirmation in the faith,...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Lord's supper has been first considered, being the most important of all gatherings, because it is for the united expression of the affections of...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

On Spiritual Gifts. A. D. 57. 1 Now concerni...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 12:1 . Now concerning spiritual gifts, and gifts promised to old men, to young men, and to handmaids, according to Joel 2:28 , I wo...
The Biblical Illustrator

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Spiritual gifts The particular gifts to which St. Paul was referring w...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Now concerning spiritual gifts — The abundance of these in the churches of Greece strongly refuted the idle learning of the Greek philosophers. But...

¹ Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 12:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 12:1