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Rom 12:6 — Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

then		Rom 1:11; 1Cr 1:5-7; 1Cr 4:6,7; 1Cr 12:4-11,28-31; 1Cr 13:2; 1Pe 4:10,11
differing according		Rom 12:3.
whether		Mat 23:34; Luk 11:49; Act 2:17; Act 11:27,28; Act 13:1; Act 15:32; Act 21:9; 1Cr 12:10,28; 1Cr 13:2; 1Cr 14:1,3-5,24,29,31,32; Eph 3:5; Eph 4:11; 1Th 5:20
according to the proportion		Rom 12:3; Act 18:24-28; 2Cr 8:12; Phl 3:15

Correlating Passages

then

	Rom 1:11	For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
	1Cr 1:5	That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and [in] all knowledge;
	1Cr 1:6	Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
	1Cr 1:7	So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
	1Cr 4:6	And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and [to] Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think [of men] above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
	1Cr 4:7	For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?
	1Cr 12:4	Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
	1Cr 12:5	And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
	1Cr 12:6	And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
	1Cr 12:7	But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
	1Cr 12:8	For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
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	1Cr 12:28	And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
	1Cr 12:29	[Are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all workers of miracles?
	1Cr 12:30	Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
	1Cr 12:31	But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
	1Cr 13:2	And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
	1Pe 4:10	As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
	1Pe 4:11	If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

differing according

Rom 12:3

For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

whether

	Mat 23:34	Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute [them] from city to city:
	Luk 11:49	Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and persecute:
	Act 2:17	And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
	Act 11:27	And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
	Act 11:28	And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
	Act 13:1	Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
	Act 15:32	And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed [them].
	Act 21:9	And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
	1Cr 12:10	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:
	1Cr 12:28	And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
	1Cr 13:2	And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
	1Cr 14:1	Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye may prophesy.
	1Cr 14:3	But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men [to] edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
	1Cr 14:4	He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
	1Cr 14:5	I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater [is] he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
	1Cr 14:24	But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or [one] unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
	1Cr 14:29	Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
	1Cr 14:31	For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
	1Cr 14:32	And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
	Eph 3:5	Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
	Eph 4:11	And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
	1Th 5:20	Despise not prophesyings.

according to the proportion

	Rom 12:3	For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
	Act 18:24	And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
	Act 18:25	This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
	Act 18:26	And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
	Act 18:27	And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
	Act 18:28	For he mightily convinced the Jews, [and that] publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
	2Cr 8:12	For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he hath not.
	Phl 3:15	Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

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Scott, Thomas. "Romans 12:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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