1 Corinthians 12:30

Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Have	ἔχουσιν echousin	G2192	to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person plural
all	πάντες pantes	G3956	all · adjective — nominative plural masculine
gifts	χαρίσματα charismata	G5486	a (divine) gratuity · noun — accusative plural neuter
healing	ἰαμάτων; iamatōn	G2386	a cure (the effect) · noun — genitive plural neuter
do	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
all	πάντες pantes	G3956	all · adjective — nominative plural masculine
speak	λαλοῦσιν; lalousin	G2980	to talk · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person plural
tongues	γλώσσαις glōssais	G1100	the tongue · noun — dative plural feminine
do	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
all	πάντες pantes	G3956	all · adjective — nominative plural masculine
interpret	διερμηνεύουσιν; diermēneuousin	G1329	to explain thoroughly · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person plural

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Cross-references

1 Corinthians 12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:27–end

I. Here the apostle sums up the argument, and applies this similitude to the church of Christ, concerning which observe, 1. The relation wherein Christians stand to Christ and one another. The church, or whole collective body of Christians, in all ages, is his body. Every Christian is a member of his body, and every other Christian stands related to him as a fellow-member (Co1 12:27): Now you are the body of Christ, and members in particular, or particular members. Each is a member of the body, not the whole body; each stands related to the body as a part of it, and all have a common relation to one another, dependence upon one another, and should have a mutual care and concern. Thus are the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 12:29

Are all?--Surely not.

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 12:29

Are all apostles, etc. - That is: All are not apostles, all are not prophets, etc.; God has distributed his various gifts among various persons, each of whom is necessary for the complete edification of the body of Christ. On these subjects see the notes on Co1 12:7-10 (note).

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 12:30

Have all the gifts of healing?.... No; when these gifts were in being, all had them not. When anointing with oil, in order to heal the sick, was in use, it was only performed by the elders of the church, not by the common members of it, who were to be sent for by the sick on this occasion: do all speak with tongues? no; it was not true in fact, as they well knew; though this was greatly coveted after, as a following chapter of this epistle shows; do all interpret? that is, unknown tongues, strange languages; or can they? no. This also was a peculiar gift bestowed on some persons only.

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 12:28–end

1 Corinthians 12:28-31 28. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. 28. Et altos quidera posuit Deus in Ecclesia, primurn apostolos, deinde Prophetas, tertio Doctores, postea Potestates, deinde dona sanationum, opitulationes, gubernationes, genera linguarum. 29. Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 29. Numquid omnes Apostoli? numquid omnes Prophetae? numquid omnes Doctores? numquid omnes Potestates? 30. Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 30. Numquid omnes dona h…

The Church Fathers

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.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on 1 Corinthians 32

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Dictionary and topics

Tongues, Gift of — Granted on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4), in fulfilment of a promise Christ had made to his disciples (Mark 16:17). What this gift actually was has been a subject of much discussion. Some have…
Interpreter · In congregations — In congregations
Sickness · The power of healing: One of the miraculous gifts bestowed on the early Church — The power of healing: One of the miraculous gifts bestowed on the early Church
Tongue · Gift of — Gift of
Tongues (The Gift) · The miraculous gift granted to — The miraculous gift granted to

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:27–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 12:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 12:29

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 12:30

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 12:28–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:27–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 12:29

Adam Clarke on 1 Corinthians 12:29

John Gill on 1 Corinthians 12:30

John Calvin on 1 Corinthians 12:28–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Corinthians 12:29-30