A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.

圣灵显在各人身上，是叫人得益处。

圣灵彰显在各人身上，是要使人得益处。

圣灵彰显在各人身上，是要使人得益处。

圣灵给各人不同的恩赐为要使众人得益处。

圣灵显现在各人的身上，为的是要使人得着益处。

不过圣灵显明在每个人的身上，是为了共同的益处，因为：

聖靈顯在各人身上，是叫人得益處。

聖靈彰顯在各人身上，是要使人得益處。

聖靈彰顯在各人身上，是要使人得益處。

聖靈給各人不同的恩賜為要使眾人得益處。

聖靈顯現在各人的身上，為的是要使人得著益處。

不過各人稟受靈之表顯、是要有益於人的。

不過聖靈顯明在每個人的身上，是為了共同的益處，因為：

聖神之顯著、賦於各人、以致其益、

聖神顯其能、俾眾有益、

聖神所顯之能、賜於各人、俾眾有益、

且聖神所授予各人之啟牖、莫非為眾人之益耳。

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all.

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good:

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:

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

A demonstration of the Spirit is given to each person to produce what is beneficial:

But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.

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

In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.

But in a church meeting I would rather speak five understandable words to help others than ten thousand words in an unknown language.

God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

And the same is true for you. Since you are so eager to have the special abilities the Spirit gives, seek those that will strengthen the whole church.

However, he has given each one of us a special gift through the generosity of Christ.That is why the Scriptures say,“ When he ascended to the heights, he led a crowd of captives and gave gifts to his people.”Notice that it says“ he ascended.” This clearly means that Christ also descended to our lowly world.And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself.Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers.Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.

You will be giving thanks very well, but it won’t strengthen the people who hear you.

I wish you could all speak in tongues, but even more I wish you could all prophesy. For prophecy is greater than speaking in tongues, unless someone interprets what you are saying so that the whole church will be strengthened.

“ Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone.He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last— dividing it in proportion to their abilities. He then left on his trip.“ The servant who received the five bags of silver began to invest the money and earned five more.The servant with two bags of silver also went to work and earned two more.But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master’s money.“ After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money.The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver came forward with five more and said,‘ Master, you gave me five bags of silver to invest, and I have earned five more.’“ The master was full of praise.‘ Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’“ The servant who had received the two bags of silver came forward and said,‘ Master, you gave me two bags of silver to invest, and I have earned two more.’“ The master said,‘ Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’“ Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said,‘ Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate.I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’“ But the master replied,‘ You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate,why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’“ Then he ordered,‘ Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one with the ten bags of silver.To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

So you see that speaking in tongues is a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for the benefit of believers, not unbelievers.Even so, if unbelievers or people who don’t understand these things come into your church meeting and hear everyone speaking in an unknown language, they will think you are crazy.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 judged by what you say.As they listen, their secret thoughts will be exposed, and they will fall to their knees and worship God, declaring,“ God is truly here among you.”Well, my brothers and sisters, let’s summarize. When you meet together, one will sing, another will teach, another will tell some special revelation God has given, one will speak in tongues, and another will interpret what is said. But everything that is done must strengthen all of you.