Romans 12:6 Cross References

Romans 12:6

6: God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out when you have faith that God is speaking through you.

1 Corinthians 7:7

  1. I wish everyone could get along without marrying, just as I do. But we are not all the same. God gives some the gift of marriage, and to others he gives the gift of singleness.

1 Peter 4:10

  1. God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God's generosity can flow through you.
  2. Are you called to be a speaker? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Are you called to help others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then God will be given glory in everything through Jesus Christ. All glory and power belong to him forever and ever. Amen.

Romans 12:3

  1. As God's messenger, I give each of you this warning: Be honest in your estimate of yourselves, measuring your value by how much faith God has given you.

1 Corinthians 12:28

  1. Here is a list of some of the members that God has placed in the body of Christ: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who can get others to work together, those who speak in unknown languages.
  2. Is everyone an apostle? Of course not. Is everyone a prophet? No. Are all teachers? Does everyone have the power to do miracles?
  3. Does everyone have the gift of healing? Of course not. Does God give all of us the ability to speak in unknown languages? Can everyone interpret unknown languages? No!
  4. And in any event, you should desire the most helpful gifts. First, however, let me tell you about something else that is better than any of them!

1 Corinthians 12:4

  1. Now there are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but it is the same Holy Spirit who is the source of them all.
  2. There are different kinds of service in the church, but it is the same Lord we are serving.
  3. There are different ways God works in our lives, but it is the same God who does the work through all of us.
  4. A spiritual gift is given to each of us as a means of helping the entire church.
  5. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another he gives the gift of special knowledge.

1 Corinthians 13:2

  1. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but didn't love others, what good would I be? And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody.

Ephesians 4:11

  1. He is the one who gave these gifts to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.

Romans 1:11

  1. For I long to visit you so I can share a spiritual blessing with you that will help you grow strong in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 14:3

  1. But one who prophesies is helping others grow in the Lord, encouraging and comforting them.
  2. A person who speaks in tongues is strengthened personally in the Lord, but one who speaks a word of prophecy strengthens the entire church.
  3. I wish you all had the gift of speaking in tongues, but even more I wish you were all able to prophesy. For prophecy is a greater and more useful gift than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church can get some good out of it.

1 Corinthians 4:6

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate what I've been saying. If you pay attention to the Scriptures, you won't brag about one of your leaders at the expense of another.
  2. What makes you better than anyone else? What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own?

1 Corinthians 1:5

  1. He has enriched your church with the gifts of eloquence and every kind of knowledge.
  2. This shows that what I told you about Christ is true.
  3. Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 13:1

  1. Among the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch of Syria were Barnabas, Simeon (called "the black man" ), Lucius (from Cyrene), Manaen (the childhood companion of King Herod Antipas ), and Saul.

1 Corinthians 14:1

  1. Let love be your highest goal, but also desire the special abilities the Spirit gives, especially the gift of prophecy.

Ephesians 3:5

  1. God did not reveal it to previous generations, but now he has revealed it by the Holy Spirit to his holy apostles and prophets.

1 Corinthians 14:31

  1. In this way, all who prophesy will have a turn to speak, one after the other, so that everyone will learn and be encouraged.
  2. Remember that people who prophesy are in control of their spirit and can wait their turn.

Matthew 23:34

  1. I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. You will kill some by crucifixion and whip others in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.

Luke 11:49

  1. This is what God in his wisdom said about you: 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and they will kill some and persecute the others.'

1 Corinthians 14:29

  1. Let two or three prophesy, and let the others evaluate what is said.

1 Thessalonians 5:20

  1. Do not scoff at prophecies,

Acts 15:32

  1. Then Judas and Silas, both being prophets, spoke extensively to the Christians, encouraging and strengthening their faith.

Philippians 3:15

  1. I hope all of you who are mature Christians will agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you.

2 Corinthians 8:12

  1. If you are really eager to give, it isn't important how much you are able to give. God wants you to give what you have, not what you don't have.

Acts 2:17

  1. 'In the last days, God said, I will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.

Acts 21:9

  1. He had four unmarried daughters who had the gift of prophecy.

Acts 11:27

  1. During this time, some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch.
  2. One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings to predict by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.)

1 Corinthians 14:24

  1. But if all of you are prophesying, and unbelievers or people who don't understand these things come into your meeting, they will be convicted of sin, and they will be condemned by what you say.

Acts 18:24

  1. Meanwhile, a Jew named Apollos, an eloquent speaker who knew the Scriptures well, had just arrived in Ephesus from Alexandria in Egypt.
  2. He had been taught the way of the Lord and talked to others with great enthusiasm and accuracy about Jesus. However, he knew only about John's baptism.
  3. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him preaching boldly in the synagogue, they took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately.
  4. Apollos had been thinking about going to Achaia, and the brothers and sisters in Ephesus encouraged him in this. They wrote to the believers in Achaia, asking them to welcome him. When he arrived there, he proved to be of great benefit to those who, by God's grace, had believed.
  5. He refuted all the Jews with powerful arguments in public debate. Using the Scriptures, he explained to them, "The Messiah you are looking for is Jesus."
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