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|txtha=χαρίσματος, τό ([[χαρίζομαι]]), a [[gift]] of [[grace]]; a favor [[which]] [[one]] receives [[without]] [[any]] [[merit]] of his [[own]]; in the N. T. ([[where]] ([[except]] the [[gift]] of [[divine]] [[grace]] (so [[also]] in [[Philo]] de alleg. legg. iii. § 24at the [[end]] [[δωρεά]] καί [[εὐεργεσία]] καί [[χάρισμα]] Θεοῦ τά πάντα ὅσα ἐν κόσμῳ καί [[αὐτός]] ὁ [[κόσμος]] ἐστιν); used of the [[natural]] [[gift]] of [[continence]], [[due]] to the [[grace]] of God as [[creator]], τό εἰς [[ἡμᾶς]] [[χάρισμα]] bestowed [[upon]] us, [[faith]], [[knowledge]], [[holiness]], [[virtue]], χαρίσματα (A. V. gifts) [[denote]] "[[extraordinary]] powers, distinguishing [[certain]] Christians and enabling [[them]] to [[serve]] the [[church]] of Christ, the [[reception]] of [[which]] is [[due]] to the [[power]] of [[divine]] [[grace]] operating in [[their]] souls by the [[Holy Spirit]]" (cf. Cremer in Herzog edition 2vol. v. 10ff, [[under]] the [[word]] Geistesgaben): χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων, the [[sum]] of those powers [[requisite]] for the [[discharge]] of the [[office]] of an evangelist: Teaching 1,5 [ET] (cf. [[δώρημα]] in Hermas, mand. 2,4 [ET])); ecclesiastical writings.)