Talents

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; — read the full passage →

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;

Forit isaswhena man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. — read the full passage →

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.

according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God;

And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one; to each according to his several ability; and he went on his journey.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:

And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:

Take ye away therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him that hath the ten talents.

according as each hath received a gift, ministering it among yourselves, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God; — read the full passage →

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

Forit isaswhena man, going into another country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

So also ye, since ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may abound unto the edifying of the church.

For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away.

Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

For which cause I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands.

but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour.

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men; — read the full passage →

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

For who maketh thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? but if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory as if thou hadst not received it?

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

And he entered and was passing through Jericho. — read the full passage →

and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.

And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter;

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. — read the full passage →

And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin:

For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according as a man hath, not according as he hath not.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him.

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. — read the full passage →

for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but so to think as to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to each man a measure of faith. — read the full passage →

And he called ten servants of his, and gave them ten pounds, and said unto them, Trade ye herewith till I come.

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was immediately to appear. — read the full passage →

But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

Now after a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and maketh a reckoning with them.

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore the scripture saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Be not manyof youteachers, my brethren, knowing that we shall receive heavier judgment.

And he gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; — read the full passage →

but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit to profit withal.

And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord. — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. — read the full passage →

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office: — read the full passage →

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

And when the day of Pentecost was now come, they were all together in one place. — read the full passage →

He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.

And cast ye out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents.

In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Jehovah hath commanded. — read the full passage →

and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, — read the full passage →

He that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne.

if any man speaketh, speaking as it were oracles of God; if any man ministereth, ministering as of the strength which God supplieth: that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, whose is the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:

for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; — read the full passage →

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritualgifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.

Yet I would that all men were even as I myself. Howbeit each man hath his own gift from God, one after this manner, and another after that.

Which things also we speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual words.

I say unto you, that unto every one that hath shall be given; but from him that hath not, even that which he hath shall be taken away from him.

Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he thinketh he hath.

And when he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that he was in the house. — read the full passage →

And he also that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou didst not scatter; — read the full passage →

Straightway he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and made other five talents. — read the full passage →

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath.

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

Adam, Seth, Enosh, — read the full passage →

Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, — read the full passage →

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. — read the full passage →

And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket.

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men; — read the full passage →

from whom all the body fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplieth, according to the working in due measure of each several part, maketh the increase of the body unto the building up of itself in love.

But unto each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit;

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

Paul, calledto bean apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — read the full passage →

So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.

or he that exhorteth, to his exhorting: he that giveth, let him do it with liberality; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.

For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →