Romans 12:6

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“We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;”

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“We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;”

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“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;”

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“And having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;”

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“And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy--`According to the proportion of faith!'”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Romans 12:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
  2. Matthew 25:22The servant who had received the two talents also came and said, ‘Master, you entrusted me with two talents. See, I have gained two more.’
  3. Luke 11:49Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’
  4. Acts 2:17‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
  5. Acts 11:27In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  6. Acts 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
  7. Acts 15:32Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.
  8. Acts 18:24Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, well versed in the Scriptures.
  9. Acts 21:9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
  10. Romans 1:11For I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you,
  11. Romans 12:3For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
  12. 1 Corinthians 1:5For in Him you have been enriched in every way, in all speech and all knowledge,
  13. 1 Corinthians 4:6Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another.
  14. 1 Corinthians 7:7I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
  15. 1 Corinthians 12:4There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
  16. 1 Corinthians 12:28And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
  17. 1 Corinthians 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
  18. 1 Corinthians 14:1Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
  19. 1 Corinthians 14:3But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.
  20. 1 Corinthians 14:24But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,
  21. 1 Corinthians 14:29Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
  22. 1 Corinthians 14:31For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.
  23. 2 Corinthians 8:12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
  24. Ephesians 3:5which was not made known to men in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.

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