Gifts..

So we wanted to know what gifts we had; so we went out to day and bought a book that had a test with many questions to see what your gifts are. I read through the list of gifts and to a handful of them, I thought, 'Shouldn't all Christians do this?' So now I am going to go through the Bible and see what all the different gifts are.

Romans 1:11 is the first time that spiritual gifts is talked about(if anyone knows of any earlier verses please let me know).

Romans 12:6-8 - prophesying, serving, teaching, encouraging, contributing to the needs of others, leadership, mercy
1 Corinthians 12:7-11 - message of wisdom, message of knowledge, faith, healing, miraculous powers, prophecy, distinguishing between spirits, speaking in different kinds of tongues, interpretation of tongues
1 Corinthians 12:28 - apostles, prophets, teachers, miracles, healing, help others, administration, different kinds of tongues

So these are the spiritual gifts that the Bible talks about(if anyone sees any that I missed, let me know):

• Prophesying
• Serving
• Teaching
• Encouraging
• Giving
• Leadership
• Mercy
• Message of wisdom
• Message of knowledge
• Faith
• Healing
• Miracles
  
• Distinguishing between spirits
• Speaking in different kinds of tongues
• Interpretation of tongues
• Apostles? (What gift is this? Is it already included in the list under a different name?)
  
• Helping others
• Administration

So according to the Bible, there are 18-19 different spiritual gifts. Which on are you?