'Ability' in the Bible
No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy].
To each person has been given the ability to manifest the Spirit for the common good.
To one has been given a message of wisdom by the Spirit; to another the ability to speak with knowledge according to the same Spirit;
to another miraculous results; to another prophecy; to another the ability to distinguish between spirits; to another various kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.
So God has appointed and placed in the church [for His own use]: first apostles [chosen by Christ], second prophets [those who foretell the future, those who speak a new message from God to the people], third teachers, then those who work miracles, then those with the gifts of healings, the helpers, the administrators, and speakers in various kinds of [unknown] tongues.
Have all miraculous powers? Have all ability to cure diseases? Do all speak in 'tongues'? Do all interpret?
Keep on pursuing love, and keep on desiring spiritual gifts, especially the ability to prophesy.
Therefore, the person who speaks in a foreign language should pray for the ability to interpret it.
Therefore, my brothers, desire the ability to prophesy, and do not prevent others from speaking in foreign languages.
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- Ability (85 instances)
- Cleverness (4 instances)
- Competency (1 instance)
- Efficacy (3 instances)
- Efficiency (1 instance)
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