1 Corinthians 12:5

Myles Coverdale Bible

and there are dyuerse offices, yet but one LORDE:

Parallel Translations

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

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]

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.

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.

English Standard Version
and there are varieties of service, but 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,

English Revised Version
And there are diversities of ministrations, 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,

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

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.

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;

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.

King James Version (1611)
And there are differences of administrations, 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;

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Mace New Testament (1729)
and there are different offices, 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.

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.

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

Contextual Overview

¹ As concernynge spirituall giftes (brethren) I wolde not that ye were ignoraunt. ² Ye knowe that ye were Heythe and wente youre wayes vnto dome Idols, eue as ye were led. ³ Wherfore I declare vnto you, that no man speakynge thorow the sprete of God, defyeth Iesus. And no man can saye that Iesus is the LORDE, but by the holy goost. ⁴ There are dyuerse giftes, yet but one sprete: ⁵ and there are dyuerse offices, yet but one LORDE: ⁶ and there are dyuerse operacions yet is there but one God, which worketh all in all. ⁷ The giftes of the sprete are geuen vnto euery man to profit the cogregacion. ⁸ To one is geuen thorow the sprete the vtteraunce of wissdome: to another is geuen the vtteraunce of knowlege acordinge to the same sprete: ⁹ to another, faith in the same sprete: to another, the giftes of healinge in the same sprete: ¹⁰ to another, power to do miracles: to another, prophecienge: to another, iudgment to discerne spretes: to another, dyuerse tunges: to another, the interpretacion of tunges.

Bible Verse Review
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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 ye Coastes of ye Cananites were fro Sido forth thorow Gerar vnto Gasa, tyll thou comest vnto Sodoma, Gomorra, Adama, Zeboim, & vnto Lasa.

Genesis 11:31
Then toke Terah Abra his sonne, & Lot his sonne Harans sonne, & Sarai his doughter in lawe, his sonne Abrams wife, & caried them wt him from Vr in Chaldea, to go in to the lande of Canaan. And they came to Haran, & dwelt there.

Genesis 12:5
So Abram toke Sarai his wife, and Lot his brothers sonne, wt all their goodes which they had gotten, and soules which they begat in Hara, and departed to go in to ye londe of Canaan.

Genesis 12:8
The brake he vp fro thece, vnto a mountayne yt laye on ye east syde of the cite of Bethel, & pitched his tent: so yt he had Bethel on the west side, and Ay on ye east syde: & there buylded he an altare also vnto the LORDE, & called vpon the name of the LORDE.

Genesis 12:9
Afterwarde departed Abram farther, & toke his iourneye southwarde.

Genesis 14:14
Now whan Abram herde yt his brother was taken, he harnessed his bonde seruauntes borne in his owne house, thre hundreth & eightene, & folowed after them vntill Dan,

Genesis 14:21
Then sayde the kynge of Sodome vnto Abram: Geue me the soules, and take ye goodes vnto thy self.

Acts 7:4
The wente he out of the lande of the Caldees, and dwelt in Haran. And from thece, whan his father was deed, he brought him ouer in to this londe (where ye dwell now)

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.