7 God’s Spirit gives his power to each believer in order to benefit all the other believers. 8 To some, the Spirit gives the ability to speak very wise messages. To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to know things that he reveals to them. 9 To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to believe that God will work miracles. To others, the Spirit gives the ability to heal sick people. 10 To others, he gives the power to perform miracles. To others, he gives the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. To others, he gives the ability to tell if a message is really from God or not. To others he gives the ability to speak messages in languages [MTY] that they have not learned. To others, he gives the ability to tell the meaning of those messages [MTY]. 11 It is the same Spirit who gives all these abilities. He gives whatever abilities he wants to give, to whatever person he wants to give them.