The Nugget:
1Pe 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. (KJV)
1Pe 4:10 God has shown you his grace in many different ways. So be good servants and use whatever gift he has given you in a way that will best serve each other. (ERV, Easy to Read Version)
My Comment:
In my limited experience, I found that serving the Lord in a small church became an overwhelming task, though I enjoyed it at the time. I first was invited to sing in the church choir. It is a good thing that my little voice was drowned out by the better singers!
Then I was encouraged to teach a summer class in the church basement (where it was much cooler) to help students read better. That was a successful assignment.
Then during Vacation Bible School I was given the task of helping drive children back to their homes in my little Volkswagen Beetle.
At about that point, I began to realize that I was being drafted into doing many tasks that took up considerable time where I was asked to do things others were very likely better equipped to do.
I wrote on the back of an envelope in the early 1960s a principle I determined to follow whenever possible:
“Involve yourself in those areas of service which exercise your spiritual and natural gifts. Do not become encumbered doing things others could do, and leaving undone things you can do but they can not.”
That is how, by God’s grace, I found time to do the necessary research to produce The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, a Bible study resource everyone who reads the Bible needs to more fully understand what the Bible teaches by learning how the Bible explains itself.
Dig deeper into 1 Peter 4:10 by reading the cross references provided in:
(1) The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
1 Peter 4:10
every: Mat 25:14, 15; Luk 19:13; Rom 12:6, 7, 8; 1Co 4:7, 1Co 12:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
minister: Mat 20:28, Mat 25:44; Mar 10:45; Luk 8:3; Rom 15:25, Rom 15:27; 2Co 9:1; 2Ti 1:18; Heb 6:10
good: Mat 24:45, Mat 24:14, Mat 24:21; Luk 12:42, Luk 16:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 1Co 4:1, 2; Tit 1:7
the manifold: 1Co 3:10, 1Co 12:4, 1Co 15:10; 2Co 6:1; Eph 3:8, Eph 4:11
(2) The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge:
1 Peter 4:10
every. Mat 25:14; +Mat 25:15; Luk 19:13; ✓Rom 12:3; Rom 12:6, 7, 8; *1Co 4:7; 1Co 7:7; *1Co 12:4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9, 10, 11; Eph 4:7
minister. 1Pe 4:11; Job 29:15; Job 29:16; Eze 16:49; *Dan 11:33 n. Mat 20:28; Mat 25:44; Mar 10:45; Luk 8:3; Rom 15:25; Rom 15:27; Rom 16:3, 4, 5; *1Co 14:26; 1Co 16:15; 2Co 9:1; Gal 5:13; *Gal 6:10; *Eph 5:19, 20, 21; +*1Ti 6:17, 18. 2Ti 1:18; +*Heb 6:10
one to another. 1Pe 4:9; +Rom 12:5
good stewards. +✓Mat 24:45; *Mat 25:14; Mat 25:21; +*Luk 12:42; Luk 16:1-8; *1Co 4:1; 1Co 4:2; +1Co 9:17; Tit 1:7
the manifold. 1Co 3:10; 1Co 12:4; 1Co 15:10; 2Co 6:1; Eph 3:8; Eph 4:11
(3) The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:
1 Peter 4:10
every man. +Mat 25:14; +Mat 25:15, Luk 19:13, *Joh 3:27, Act 11:29, **Rom 12:3; **Rom 12:6, 7, 8, 1Co 3:5; *1Co 4:7; 1Co 7:7; 1Co 7:17; *1Co 12:4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 2Co 10:13, Eph 4:7, Php 1:11.
the gift. or, a gift of grace. Gr. charisma (S# G5486, 1Co 7:7). Rom 12:6, 1Co 1:7; *1Co 7:7; 1Co 12:4; 1Co 12:9; 1Co 12:28; 1Co 12:30, 31; +**1Co 15:10, Eph 4:7; Eph 4:11, 12, 1Ti 4:14, 2Ti 1:6.
minister. Gr. diakoneō (S# G1247, Mat 4:11). 1Pe 4:11, 1Pe 1:12, 2Ki 4:10, Job 29:15, 16, Eze 16:49, *Dan 11:33 note. Mat 8:15; Mat 20:28; Mat 25:35; Mat 25:44, Mar 1:31; Mar 10:45, Luk 4:39; Luk 8:3; Luk 10:40; Luk 12:37; Luk 12:42; Luk 17:8; Luk 22:26, 27, Joh 12:2; Joh 12:26, Act 3:6; Act 6:1, 2; Act 6:4; Act 19:22, +*Rom 12:8 note. Rom 15:25; Rom 15:27; Rom 16:3, 4, 5, 1Co 12:5; *1Co 14:26; 1Co 16:15, 2Co 3:3; 2Co 8:12; 2Co 8:18, 19, 20; 2Co 9:1, Gal 5:13; *Gal 6:10, *Eph 5:19, 20, 21, 1Th 4:11, 1Ti 3:10; 1Ti 3:13; +*1Ti 6:17; +*1Ti 6:18, 2Ti 1:18, Phm 1:13, +*Heb 6:10, 3Jn 1:5.
one to another. 1Pe 4:9, +Rom 12:5.
good stewards. Gr. oikonomos (S# G3623, Luk 12:42). Gen 47:14, Deut 26:10, 1Ch 29:2, Mat 20:8; +**Mat 24:45; *Mat 25:14; Mat 25:17; Mat 25:21, +*Luk 12:42; Luk 16:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Luk 19:13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, *1Co 4:1; 1Co 4:2; +1Co 9:17, 2Co 8:19, Gal 4:2, 1Ti 4:6, Tit 1:7.
the manifold. 1Pe 1:6, 1Co 3:10; 1Co 12:4; 1Co 15:10, 2Co 6:1, Eph 3:8; Eph 4:11, Jas 1:2.
grace of God. Rom 15:15, +**1Co 15:10, 2Co 8:6; *2Co 9:8, Gal 2:9.