Gifts of the Holy Spirit
1 Corinthians 12:7-11
“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.”
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit are listed below in three categories (Revelation Gifts, Utterance/Spoken Gifts and Power Gifts).
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Revelation Gifts |
Description |
| Word of Wisdom | The spiritual ability to perceive life and truth from God’s perspective and then apply that wisdom to specific situations. Wisdom can be discerned by its fruit. (James 3:17, Acts 15:4-33, 16:6-10) |
| Word of Knowledge | The spiritual ability to communicate spiritual truth which has been acquired through the investigation of God’s word. (Acts 7:1-53) |
| Discerning of Spirits | The spiritual ability to discern from God’s word between the spirit of evil and of God, the flesh and the spirit, and truth and error, before the fruit is evident. (Acts 13:9-12) |
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Utterance/Spoken Gifts |
Description |
| Divers Kinds of Tongues | The spiritual ability to speak an unknown foreign language without learning it beforehand. The gift of tongues is to be used publicly to bring praise to God, to edify the body of believers, and to be used as a sign of judgment against unbelievers. (Acts 2:3-13, 1 Corinthians 14) |
| Interpretation of Tongues | The spiritual ability to translate the foreign language of the person speaking to the audience listening. The one who does the translation of that foreign tongue would be able, by the spirit, to interpret without learning the language beforehand. (1 Corinthians 14:27) |
| Prophecy | The spiritual ability to speak forth the mind and counsel of God about current and future events and to equip the saints for ministry, as well as edify, comfort and encourage believers and reveal the secrets of men’s hearts. (Acts 2:17-18, 11:27-28) |
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Power Gifts |
Description |
| Faith | The spiritual ability to see what isn’t, believe it to be, and trust God to do it in His way and time. Faith to move mountains. (Acts 16:6-10) |
| Working of Miracles | The spiritual ability to do works of a supernatural origin and character, such as could not be produced by natural agents and means. (Acts 8:13, 13:9-12) |
| Gifts of Healing | The spiritual ability to heal one who is sick. Note that Paul called it the gifts (plural) of healings which may mean this gifted person could make one who is sick whole—either spiritually, emotionally, or physically. Physical healing is a symbol of how God wants to heal all of us spiritually. (Acts 3:2-10) |