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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But unto everyone of us is given grace,.... Which may refer to the saints in common, and may be interpreted of justifying, pardoning, adopting, sanctifying, and persevering grace, bestowed upon them all, freely and liberally, not grudgingly, nor niggardly, and without motive and condition in them; or to the ministers of the Gospel, and so design...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ It does not mean that God gives stingingly, but that he gives according to our capacity to receive. We are not all made with the same measure of capacity, because we are not all intended to do the same office; and God gives everyone of us as much grace as we are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. That is, to every one of us who are members of his mystical body. The living members of the living body receive according to each one’s function and place in the body a measure of grace for the benefit of the whole.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. We have not all the same form of grace, and we cannot all perform the same service for the Saviour; we differ very much from each other as to our abilities, and as to the positions which we can occupy; and our Lord intended it to be so.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Wherefore he saith,.... God in the Scripture, Psalms 68:18 when he ascended up on high; which is not to be understood of Moses's ascending up to the firmament at the giving of the law, as some Jewish writers (q) interpret it; for though Moses ascended to the top of Mount Sinai, yet it is never said that he went up to the firmament of heaven; nor...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) Now what were the gifts he gave? He rode...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) When he received gifts for men, and gave...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive. and gave gifts unto men. (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) Paul could not help giving us this...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now that he ascended,.... These words are a conclusion of Christ's descent from heaven, from his ascension thither; for had he not first descended from thence, it could not have been said of him that he ascended; for no man hath ascended to heaven but he that came down from heaven, John 3:13 and they are also an explanation of the sense of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
He that descended is the same also that ascended,.... It was the same divine Person, the Son of God, who assumed human nature, and suffered in it, which is meant by his descent, who in that nature ascended up to heaven: this proves that Christ existed before he took flesh of the virgin; and that though he has two natures, yet he is but one person;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he gave some apostles,.... That is, he gave them gifts by which they were qualified to be apostles; who were such as were immediately called by Christ, and had their doctrine from him, and their commission to preach it; and were peculiarly and infallibly guided by the Spirit of God, and had a power to work miracles for the confirmation of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; Different gifts to different races.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; Not all alike, not all apostles or prophets; and not all equals, for pastors may not be equal in rank with apostles. They are not all to do the same work, for all teachers cannot prophesy, neither does a prophet always pasteurize, and watch over...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the perfecting of the saints, c,] The chosen ones, whom God has sanctified or set apart for himself in eternal election: the ministry of the word is designed for the completing the number of these in the effectual calling and for the perfecting of the whole body of the church, by gathering in all that belong to it, and of every particular...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: The early Church could not have been without apostles, and we cannot do without evangelists. May the Lord send many faithful men who will range over the whole country preaching the Word! Neither can we do without pastors and teachers; and it is...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Then, whatever spiritual gifts we have, they are not our own to use as we please;...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Till we all come in the unity of the faith,.... These words regard the continuance of the Gospel ministry in the church, until all the elect of God come in: or "to the unity of the faith"; by which is meant, not the union between the saints, the cement of which is love; nor that which is between Christ and his people, of which his love, and not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: When all Christian people shall be well developed, mature, then the whole body of Christ will come unto the stature of a perfect man. When will that be? There are some who are always...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
That we henceforth be no more children,.... Meaning not children of men, for grace does not destroy natural relations; nor children of God, which is a privilege, and always continues; nor indeed children of disobedience, though the saints cease to be such upon conversion; but in such sense children, as they were when first converted, newborn...