1 CORINTHIANS 12:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;”
To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit — logos sophias and logos gnōseōs represent distinct gifts: wisdom (sophia) is the capacity to speak divine truth with depth and application, while knowledge (gnōsis) is the apprehension of revealed truth; both are logoi (utterances) given through the one Spirit.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:8
“But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal.” “And what,” says one, “is a working?” and what “a gift?” and what “a ministration?” They are mere differences of names, since the things are the same. For what “a gift” is, that is “a ministration,” that he calls “an operation” also. Thus fulfil your ministry; 2 Timothy 4:5. ministry and, “I magnify my ministration:” Romans 11:13. office and writing to Timothy, he says, Therefore I put you in…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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