1 Corinthians 12:5

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

And, distributions of ministries, there are, and 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,

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;

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 spiritually gifted, brethren, I am not wishing you to be ignorant. ² Ye know that, when ye were of the nations, unto the dumb idols, howsoever ye were being led, ye were seduced. ³ Wherefore, I give you to know - that, no one, in God's Spirit speaking, saith - Accursed Jesus! and, no one, can say - Lord Jesus! save in the Holy Spirit. ⁴ But, distributions of gifts, there are, yet the same Spirit, ⁵ And, distributions of ministries, there are, and the same Lord, ⁶ And, distributions of energies, there are, and the same God - who energiseth all things in all. ⁷ But, unto each one, is given the manifesting of the Spirit, with a view to that which is profitable; ⁸ For, unto one, indeed, through the Spirit, is given, a word of wisdom, but, unto another, a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; - ⁹ Unto a different one, faith, in the same Spirit, and, unto another, gifts of healings, in the one Spirit, ¹⁰ And, unto another, energies of mighty works, and, unto another, prophesying, and, unto another, discriminations of spirits, - unto a different one, kinds of tongues, and, unto another, translation of tongues; -

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 it came to pass that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar unto Gaza, - as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, - and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there.

Genesis 12:5
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, with all the goods that they bad gathered and the souls that they had gained in Haran, - and they came forth to go towards the land of Canaan, and came in to the land of Canaan.

Genesis 12:8
And he moved on from thence towards the hill country, on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, - with Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east, and bulk there an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.

Genesis 12:9
Thus Abram brake up, again and again, towards the South.

Genesis 14:14
So Abram, hearing that his brother had been taken captive, drew forth his trained men born in his house three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

Genesis 14:21
Then said the king of Sodom unto Abram, - Give unto me the persons, but the goods, take thou for thyself.

Acts 7:4
Then, coming forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran; and, from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which, ye, now dwell;

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.