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Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.

[ἕκαστος καθὼς ἔλαβεν χάρισμα εἰς ἑαυτοὺς αὐτὸ διακονοῦντες ὡς καλοὶ οἰκονόμοι ποικίλης χάριτος Θεοῦ.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Book 21. 1st Letter of Peter 4:10 (1 Pet 4:10) [NIV (2011 ed.)]
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(Source (Greek)). Alternate translations:

As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
[KJV (1611)]

Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these different graces of God, put yourselves at the service of others.
[JB (1966)]

Each one, as a good manager of God's different gifts, must use for the good of others the special gift he has received from God.
[GNT (1976)]

Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these varied graces of God, put it at the service of others.
[NJB (1985)]

And serve each other according to the gift each person has received, as good managers of God’s diverse gifts.
[CEB (2011)]

Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]

 
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There is a variety of gifts but always the same Spirit; there are all sorts of service to be done, but always to the same Lord; working in all sorts of different ways in different people, it is the same God who is working in all of them.

[Διαιρέσεις δὲ χαρισμάτων εἰσίν τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ Πνεῦμα. καὶ διαιρέσεις διακονιῶν εἰσιν καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς Κύριος. καὶ διαιρέσεις ἐνεργημάτων εἰσίν (καὶ) ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Θεός ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Book 7. 1st Letter to the Corinthians 12: 4ff (1 Cor 12:4-6) [JB (1966)]
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(Source (Greek)). Alternate translations:

Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
[KJV (1611)]

There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served. There are different abilities to perform service, but the same God gives ability to all for their particular service.
[GNT (1976)]

There are many different gifts, but it is always the same Spirit; there are many different ways of serving, but it is always the same Lord. There are many different forms of activity, but in everybody it is the same God who is at work in them all.
[NJB (1985)]

There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men.
[NIV (2011 ed.)]

There are different spiritual gifts but the same Spirit; and there are different ministries and the same Lord; and there are different activities but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.
[CEB (2011)]

Now there are varieties of gifts but the same Spirit, and there are varieties of services but the same Lord, and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone.
[NRSV (2021 ed.)]

 
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