The Complete Spiritual Gifts List — with Bible Verses
Spiritual gifts are Spirit-given abilities for building up the church — and the Bible names them in four key passages: Romans 12:6–8, 1 Corinthians 12:8–10 and 28, Ephesians 4:11, and 1 Peter 4:10–11. Below is every gift our assessment measures, each with a plain-English definition, the Scriptures behind it, and the signs you might have it.
Not sure which are yours? That’s exactly what the free spiritual gifts test is for — 112 plain-English questions that measure all of these gifts plus your DISC personality, and suggest the serving teams that fit you.
Administration
The gift of administration is the Spirit-given ability to organize people, resources, and plans so that ministry actually happens.
Meaning, verses & signs →Apostleship
The gift of apostleship is the Spirit-given ability to start new works — pioneering churches, ministries, and gospel outposts where nothing exists yet.
Meaning, verses & signs →Craftsmanship
The gift of craftsmanship is the Spirit-given ability to design and build with your hands for the glory of God — wood, metal, fabric, paint, pixels, and stages.
Meaning, verses & signs →Discernment
The gift of discernment is the Spirit-given ability to distinguish truth from error and the genuine from the counterfeit — in teaching, in motives, and in spiritual influences.
Meaning, verses & signs →Evangelism
The gift of evangelism is the Spirit-given ability to share the gospel with unbelievers in a way that moves them toward faith in Jesus.
Meaning, verses & signs →Exhortation
The gift of exhortation is the Spirit-given ability to come alongside people and move them forward — comforting the discouraged, challenging the stuck, and calling out what God is doing in someone before they can see it themselves.
Meaning, verses & signs →Faith
The gift of faith is the Spirit-given ability to trust God for what looks impossible — and to steady everyone else while He does it.
Meaning, verses & signs →Giving
The gift of giving is the Spirit-given ability to contribute money and resources to God's work with unusual generosity, wisdom, and joy.
Meaning, verses & signs →Healing
The gift of healing is the Spirit-given ability to be God's instrument of restoration in another person's body, mind, or spirit — most often through prayer.
Meaning, verses & signs →Helps
The gift of helps is the Spirit-given ability to free other people for their ministry by taking real work off their plate.
Meaning, verses & signs →Hospitality
The gift of hospitality is the Spirit-given ability to make people feel genuinely welcomed, safe, and at home — strangers included, especially.
Meaning, verses & signs →Intercession
The gift of intercession is the Spirit-given ability to pray for others — persistently, specifically, and with unusual burden and effect.
Meaning, verses & signs →Knowledge
The gift of knowledge is the Spirit-given ability to learn, retain, and organize the truths of God's Word — and to bring the right truth to bear at the right moment.
Meaning, verses & signs →Leadership
The gift of leadership is the Spirit-given ability to set direction for God's people and move them toward it together — with zeal, Scripture says.
Meaning, verses & signs →Mercy
The gift of mercy is the Spirit-given ability to feel the pain of hurting people and move toward them with practical, cheerful compassion.
Meaning, verses & signs →Miracles
The gift of miracles is the Spirit-given ability to be God's instrument for works of power that go beyond natural explanation — interventions that authenticate the gospel and awaken faith.
Meaning, verses & signs →Missionary
The missionary gift is the Spirit-given ability to minister effectively across cultures — to leave what's familiar, love what's foreign, and make the gospel at home in a culture not your own.
Meaning, verses & signs →Music
The gift of music is the Spirit-given ability to lead God's people toward Him through song and skillful playing — using melody to teach, unite, and lift the church's heart.
Meaning, verses & signs →Prophecy
The gift of prophecy is the Spirit-given ability to declare God's truth with timeliness and power — speaking to people, as Paul defines it, "for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation.
Meaning, verses & signs →Service
The gift of service is the Spirit-given ability to see practical needs and joyfully meet them — the ministry of stacked chairs, filled coffee urns, and jobs done before anyone asked.
Meaning, verses & signs →Shepherding
The gift of shepherding is the Spirit-given ability to care for a group of believers over time — feeding, protecting, guiding, and going after the one who wanders.
Meaning, verses & signs →Teaching
The gift of teaching is the Spirit-given ability to explain God's Word so clearly that people understand it, believe it, and live it.
Meaning, verses & signs →Tongues & Interpretation
The gift of tongues is the Spirit-given ability to pray or speak in a language the speaker hasn't learned; the gift of interpretation makes that speech intelligible so the church is built up.
Meaning, verses & signs →Wisdom
The gift of wisdom is the Spirit-given ability to apply God's truth to real situations — knowing not just what's true, but what to do.
Meaning, verses & signs →How do I know which gifts I have?
Scripture assumes you’ll find out: “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another” (1 Peter 4:10) is a command you can’t obey without knowing what you received. Three signals help — what energizes you, what bears fruit, and what other believers confirm in you. A good assessment accelerates all three by asking the right questions and showing you patterns you can’t see from inside.