Gifts to Build the Body
T. C. Robinson has a post on the gifts of the Holy Spirit in Galatians 5:13. He makes several points that I think are important, but I did not draw from that particular passage, though I did draw from Galatians 5:22-26 with the fruit of the Spirit. T.C. points to the importance of 1 Corinthians 13 in connection with the purpose and use of the gifts.
I wanted to connect this with a series of posts I wrote that make a similar point amongst others. I think it is tragic that 1 Corinthians 13 is often disconnected from 12 & 14 in discussions of the gifts.
Here’s the series:
- 1 Corinthians 12-14
- 1 Corinthians 12-14 Greek Terms
- Notes on 1 Corinthians 12
- Notes on 1 Corinthians 13
- Notes on 1 Corinthians 14
I illustrate the connection between the fruit of the Spirit and the gifts as follows:
A B&W version of that slide is used in my book Identifying Your Gifts and Service (Workbook), designed for use in a classroom setting, and I discuss the issue in the Small Group edition of the same book.
