1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 Corinthians 12:8 utterance of wisdom... utterance of knowledge. Some understand these to be miraculous gifts; God gives a person supernatural “wisdom” or “knowledge” to share in a particular situation. Others take these to be more “natural” gifts—the ability to speak wisely or intelligently in a particular situation. Since Paul already has a different, broader term for speech based on something God suddenly brings to mind (“prophecy”; see note on v. 10), the second view seems preferable.

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