1 Corinthians 12:5

Green's Literal Translation

and there are differences of ministries, yet the same 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,

George Lamsa Translation
And there are diversities of ministries, but there is only one 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,

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 But concerning the spiritual matters, brothers, I do not wish you to be ignorant. ² You know that being led away, you nations were led to voiceless idols. ³ Because of this I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, Jesus is a curse. And no one is able to say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit. ⁴ And there are differences of gifts, but the same Spirit; ⁵ and there are differences of ministries, yet the same Lord. ⁶ And there are differences of workings, but the same God is working all things in all. ⁷ And to each one is given the showing forth of the Spirit to our profit. ⁸ For through the Spirit is given to one a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; ⁹ and to another, faith by the same Spirit, and to another, gifts of healing by the same Spirit, ¹⁰ and to another, workings of powers, and to another, prophecy, and to another, discerning of spirits, and to another, kinds of languages, and to another, 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 was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, as far as Gaza, as you go in towards Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha.

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, and Lot, Haran's son, his grandson and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife. And he went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and lived there.

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took his wife Sarai, and his brother's son, Lot, and all their substance that they had gained, and the persons they had gotten in Haran. And they went out to go into the land of Canaan. And they came into the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:8
And he moved from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and stretched his tent with Bethel toward the sea, and Ai on the east. And he built an altar there to Jehovah, and called on the name of Jehovah.

Genesis 12:9
And Abram pulled up stakes , going on and pulling up stakes toward the Negeb.

Genesis 14:14
And when Abram heard that his brother was captured, even then he led out his trained men, born of his household, three hundred and eighteen. And they pursued as far as Dan.

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

Acts 7:4
Then going out from the land of the Chaldeans, he lived in Haran. And after his father died, God moved him from there 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.