There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. (5) There are differences of ministries but the same Lord. (6) And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. (7) But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: (12) For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. (13) For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body – whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free – and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

The first letter to the Corinthians was written by the apostle Paul. Our Lord promised immediately before His ascension to the right hand of the Father that “You shall be baptized by the Holy Spirit not many days hence.” On Pentecost this promise was literally fulfilled with a general diffusing of the gifts of the Spirit to all classes both male and female with the manifestation of the diversity of these spiritual gifts. Of course there were many false claims of gifts of the Spirit; outright delusion; imposters; those inflated ego driven pretenders. This was the state of the church in Corinth that Paul addresses in the verses we study today and he does so by means of analogy between the church and the human body. The body is one organic whole as is the church is with the indwelling Spirit as the principle of its life. There are diversity of organs and members of the body just as the Spirit manifests diversity of gifts and offices in the church. Both in the body and the church there is unity in diversity. The members of the body are mutually dependent; just so the diversity of gifts in the faithful are for the edification of the whole church. The body is determined by God and the spiritual gifts are distributed by God. So, we should be contented with our gifts as there is no superiority of gifts

There is diversity of gifts but the same Spirit; the same God works all in all by His Spirit. There are all and equal gifts of the Spirit guiding the mode of serving the Son and the effects are due to the Father; there is a strong underlying doctrine of the Trinity here. Gifts have the same source but diverse manifestations. The Spirit who dwells in all believers manifests Himself in different ways in different believers. There are gifts of healing, gifts of teaching – gifts not for gratification of their recipients but for the good of others in the church. A preversion of this as a means of self exaltation is a sin against their giver.

The Prophet Joel told that the Messianic period would be a time of gifts of the Spirit.
“And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions, And also on My menservants and on my maid servants I will pour out my Spirit in those days.”