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(A)Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them:[a] if prophecy, in proportion to the faith;

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  1. 12:6 Everyone has some gift that can be used for the benefit of the community. When the instruction on justification through faith is correctly grasped, the possessor of a gift will understand that it is not an instrument of self-aggrandizement. Possession of a gift is not an index to quality of faith. Rather, the gift is a challenge to faithful use.

We have different gifts,(A) according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying,(B) then prophesy in accordance with your[a] faith;(C)

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  1. Romans 12:6 Or the

Diversity of Gifts. But grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift.(A)

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But to each one of us(A) grace(B) has been given(C) as Christ apportioned it.

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11 [a]And he gave some as apostles, others as prophets, others as evangelists, others as pastors and teachers,(A)

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  1. 4:11 Concerning this list of ministers, cf. 1 Cor 12:28 and Rom 12:6–8. Evangelists: missionary preachers (cf. Acts 21:8; 2 Tm 4:5), not those who wrote gospels. Pastors and teachers: a single group in the Greek, shepherding congregations.