1 Corinthians 12:5

George Lamsa Translation

And there are diversities of ministries, but there is only one LORD.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

King James Version (1611)
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

King James Version
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

English Standard Version
and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;

New American Standard Bible
And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.

New Century Version
There are different ways to serve but the same Lord to serve.

Amplified Bible
And there are [distinctive] varieties of ministries and service, but it is the same Lord [who is served].

Legacy Standard Bible
And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.

Berean Standard Bible
There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

Contemporary English Version
There are different ways to serve the same Lord,

Complete Jewish Bible
Also there are different ways of serving, but it is the same Lord being served.

Darby Translation
and there are distinctions of services, and the same Lord;

Easy-to-Read Version
There are different ways to serve, but we serve the same Lord.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there are diuersities of administrations, but the same Lord,

Good News Translation
There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served.

Lexham English Bible
and there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord,

Literal Translation
and there are differences of ministries, yet the same Lord.

American Standard Version
And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.

Bible in Basic English
And there are different sorts of servants, but the same Lord.

Hebrew Names Version
There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.

International Standard Version
and there are varieties of ministries, but the Lord is the same;Romans 12:6-8; Ephesians 4:11;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
and there are distributions of ministries, but one is the Lord;

Murdock Translation
And there are diversities of ministrations; but the Lord is one.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there are differences of administrations, but the Lorde [is] one.

English Revised Version
And there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord.

World English Bible
There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And there are diversities of administrations, but the same Lord:

Weymouth's New Testament
various forms of official service, and yet one and the same Lord;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and dyuerse seruyces ther ben, but it is al oon Lord; and dyuerse worchingis ther ben,

Update Bible Version
And there are diversities of servings, and the same Lord.

Webster's Bible Translation
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

New English Translation
And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

New King James Version
There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.

New Living Translation
There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord.

New Life Bible
There are different kinds of work to be done for Him. But the work is for the same Lord.

New Revised Standard
and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, distributions of ministries, there are, and the same Lord,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there are diversities of ministries. but the same Lord.

Revised Standard Version
and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And ther are differences of administracions and yet but one lorde.

Young's Literal Translation
and there are diversities of ministrations, and the same Lord;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and there are dyuerse offices, yet but one LORDE:

Mace New Testament (1729)
and there are different offices, but the same Lord.

Simplified Cowboy Version
There are different kinds of jobs, but they all serve the same Lord.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord.

Contextual Overview

¹ NOW concerning spiritual gifts, my brethren, I want to remind you, ² That once you were pagans, and without exception you were carried away by dumb idols. ³ Wherefore I want you to understand that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, calls Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the LORD but by the Holy Spirit. ⁴ Now there are diversities of gifts, but there is only one Spirit. ⁵ And there are diversities of ministries, but there is only one LORD. ⁶ And there are diversities of powers, but it is the one God who works all things in all men. ⁷ But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man as help to him. ⁸ For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit. ⁹ To another faith by the same Spirit; to another gifts of healing by the same Spirit; ¹⁰ To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another the means to distinguish the true Spirit; to another divers languages; to another the interpretation of languages.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

administrations: or, ministries, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Corinthians 12:29, Romans 12:6-8, Ephesians 4:11, Ephesians 4:12

but: 1 Corinthians 8:6, Matthew 23:10, Acts 10:36, Romans 14:8, Romans 14:9, Philippians 2:11

Reciprocal: Numbers 4:28 - General Ephesians 4:5 - One Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
And the border of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, which is at the entrance of Gadar, as far as Gaza; which is at the entrance of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abrams wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan: and they came as far as Haran, and they settled there.

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brothers son and all their possessions which they had gained and the persons that they had gotten in Haran, and they went on their way to the land of Canaan, and to the land of Canaan they came.

Genesis 12:8
And from thence he removed to a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD,

Genesis 12:9
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.

Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he armed his young men, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued the raiders as far as Dan.

Genesis 14:21
And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself.

Acts 7:4
Then Abraham left the land of the Chalde''ans and he came and settled in Ha''ran and from thence, after his father''s death, God removed him into this land in which you now live.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there are differences of administrations,.... Or ministries; offices in the church, ministered in by different persons, as apostles, prophets, pastors, or teachers and deacons; who were employed in planting and forming of churches, ordaining elders, preaching the word, administering ordinances, and taking care of the poor; for which different gifts were bestowed on them, they not all having the same office.

But the same Lord; meaning either Jesus Christ, whom the believer, by the Holy Ghost, says is Lord; who, as the ascended King of saints, and Lord and head of the church, appoints different offices and officers in it; and having received, gives gifts unto them, qualifying them for the same; all which comes through the same hand, and not another's; or rather the Lord, the Spirit, who calls men to these several ministrations, separates and fits them for them, and constitutes and installs them into them, and assists them in the discharge of them; since he only, and all along, is spoken of in the context as the efficient of these several things.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of administrations - Margin, “Ministries.” The word properly denotes “ministries;” so that there are different ranks and grades in the ministries which Christ has appointed, to wit, those specified in 1Co 12:9-10, 1 Corinthians 12:28.

But the same Lord - This refers evidently to the Lord Jesus, by whom these various orders of ministers were appointed, and under whose control they are; see the note at Acts 1:24; compare Ephesians 4:5. The term “Lord,” when it stands by itself in the New Testament, usually refers to the Lord Jesus, the name by which he was commonly known by the disciples; see John 20:25. The fact also that this stands between the mention of the work of the Spirit 1 Corinthians 12:4 and the work of God 1 Corinthians 12:6, and the fact that to the Lord Jesus appertained the appointment of these various grades of officers in the church (compare Matthew 10:1 ff, and Luke 10:1 ff), is further proof that this refers to him. The design of the verse is, to show that all these offices had their appointment from him; and that since all were his appointment, and all were necessary, no one should be proud of an elevated station; no one should be depressed, or feel himself degraded, because he had been designated to a more humble office.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 12:5. Differences of administrations — διακονιων. Various offices in the Church, such as apostle, prophet, and teacher; under which were probably included bishop or presbyter, pastor, deacon, c. the qualifications for such offices, as well as the appointments themselves, coming immediately from the one Lord Jesus Christ.