1 Corinthians 12:30
in 1 Corinthians 12Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
KJV
Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
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This verse in 1 Corinthians 12
Commentary
6 notes on this verseOnly of pride cometh contention. These contests in the church of Corinth sprang from this original. It was a quarrel about precedency (as most quarrels among Christians are, with whatever pretences they are gilded over); and it is no wonder that a quarrel about precedence should extinguish charity.
This site's exposition
Are all apostles? are all prophets?
on 1 Corinthians 12:29-30
Are all apostles, are all prophets, are all teachers, are all workers of miracles: the seven rhetorical questions of these two verses each expect the answer no, closing the chapter's argument by returning to its opening problem, since some Corinthians apparently wished every believer to possess the same gift, tongues in particular. The form itself is the answer, since a question expecting no for every gift on the list rules out any single gift, tongues included, as the mark of a Spirit-filled believer. The bench ties the questions back to verse 11, one Spirit dividing severally as he will, the diversity Paul has been defending since the chapter opened.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
For even as the great gifts God hath not vouchsafed all to all men, but to some this, and to others that, so also did He in respect of the less, not proposing these either to all. And this He did, procuring thereby abundant harmony and love, that each one standing in need of the other might be brought close to his brother. This economy He established also in the arts, this also in the elements, this also in the plants, and in our members, and absolutely in all things.
The Medieval Church2 voices
When the greater and lesser gifts had been enumerated in order, it was natural for them to be grieved. Therefore he again comforts those who had the lesser gifts. Why, he says, are you sorrowful that you do not have, perhaps, the gift of prophecy? …
Then when he says, Are all apostles? he clarifies the distinction among these ministries, saying, Are all in the Church apostles? As if to say: No! Are all teachers? This shows the variety of these ministries: "In the fullness of his knowledge the Lord distinguished …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Have all the gifts of healing?.... No; when these gifts were in being, all had them not.
The words behind it
12 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| μὴ | me | Surely not | G3361 → | 1066 times |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| χαρίσματα | charismata | gifts | G5486 → | 17 times |
| ἔχουσιν | echousin | have | G2192 → | 707 times |
| ἰαμάτων; | iamaton | of healings? | G2386 → | 3 times |
| μὴ | me | Surely not | G3361 → | 1066 times |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| γλώσσαις | glossais | in tongues | G1100 → | 49 times |
| λαλοῦσιν; | lalousin | do speak? | G2980 → | 294 times |
| μὴ | me | Surely not | G3361 → | 1066 times |
| πάντες | pantes | all | G3956 → | 1235 times |
| διερμηνεύουσιν; | diermeneuousin | do interpret? | G1329 → | 6 times |
μὴSurely not
meG3361 →1066 times
πάντεςall
pantesG3956 →1235 times
χαρίσματαgifts
charismataG5486 →17 times
ἔχουσινhave
echousinG2192 →707 times
ἰαμάτων;of healings?
iamatonG2386 →3 times
μὴSurely not
meG3361 →1066 times
πάντεςall
pantesG3956 →1235 times
γλώσσαιςin tongues
glossaisG1100 →49 times
λαλοῦσιν;do speak?
lalousinG2980 →294 times
μὴSurely not
meG3361 →1066 times
πάντεςall
pantesG3956 →1235 times
διερμηνεύουσιν;do interpret?
diermeneuousinG1329 →6 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 12:10to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 14:39
So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
- 1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- Mark 16:17
And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
- 1 Corinthians 12:28–30
And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.
- Joel 2:28
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- 1 Corinthians 14:39
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About 1 Corinthians
This page draws on John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Corinthians 32; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on 1 Corinthians and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on 1 Corinthians.