1 Corinthians 12:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And God hath ordayned some in the Churche, first Apostles, secondarely, prophetes, thirdely teachers, then them that do miracles: after that, the giftes of healyng, helpers, gouernours, diuersitie of tongues.

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  • Heb 13:24 : 24 Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you, and all the saintes. They of Italie salute you.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must geue accomptes, that they may do it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.
  • Eph 4:11-13 : 11 And he gaue some apostles, and some prophetes, and some euangelistes, and some shepheardes and teachers, 12 To the gatheryng together of the saintes, into the worke of ministration, into the edifiyng of the body of Christe: 13 Tyll we all meete together into the vnitie of fayth, and knowledge of the sonne of God, vnto a perfect man, vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christe:
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes, Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone,
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 Which misterie in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men, as it is nowe reuealed vnto his holy apostles and prophetes by the spirite,
  • Rom 12:6-8 : 6 Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes, accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs, yf any man haue the gyft, either prophesie after the measure of fayth, 7 Either office in administration, or he that teacheth in teachyng: 8 Or he that exhorteth, in exhortyng, he that geueth in singlenesse, he that ruleth in diligence, he that is mercifull in chearefulnesse.
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood.
  • 1 Pet 5:1-4 : 1 The elders which are among you, I exhort, whiche am also an elder, & a wytnesse of the afflictions of Christe, and also a partaker of the glory that shalbe opened: 2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde: 3 Not as though ye were Lordes ouer God his heritage: but that ye be an ensample to the flocke. 4 And when the chiefe shephearde shall appeare, ye shall receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 See that ye geue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor yet to the Grecians, neither to the Churche of God.
  • 1 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 The manifestation of the spirite, is geuen to euery man, to profite withall. 8 For to one is geuen by the spirite, the worde of wisdome, to another the word of knowledge, by the same spirite: 9 To another is geuen fayth, by the same spirite: to another the giftes of healyng by the same spirite: 10 To another, power to do miracles, to another, prophesie, to another iudgement to discerne spirites, to another, diuers kyndes of tongues, to another, the interpretation of tongues. 11 But these all worketh euen one and the selfe same spirite, deuidyng to euery man a seuerall gyft, as he wyll.
  • 1 Cor 12:18 : 18 But nowe hath God set ye members, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased hym.
  • Num 11:17 : 17 And I wyll come downe, and talke with thee there, and take of the spirite which is vpon thee, and put vpon them, and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee, lest thou be constrayned to beare it alone.
  • Luke 6:14 : 14 (Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrewe his brother: Iames and Iohn, Philip and Barthelmewe,
  • Acts 2:8-9 : 8 And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue, wherin we were borne? 9 Parthians, and Medes, & Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Iurie, and in Capadocia, in Pontus and Asia, 10 Phrygia, & Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parties of Lybia, which is besyde Cyrene, & straungers of Rome, Iewes and Proselytes. 11 Cretes and Arabians: we haue hearde them speake in our tongues, the wonderfull workes of God.
  • Acts 13:1-3 : 1 There was also in the Churche that was at Antioche, certayne prophetes, and teachers: as Barnabas and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, which had ben norisshed vp with Herode the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministred to the Lorde and fasted, the holy ghost sayde: Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the worke wherunto I haue called them. 3 And when they had fasted & prayed, & layde their hades on the, they let the go.

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    29 Are all, Apostles? are all, prophetes? are all, teachers?

    30 Are all, doers of miracles? Haue all the giftes of healyng? Do all speake with tongues? Do all interprete?

    31 Couet after the best giftes: And yet shew I vnto you a more excellent way.

  • Eph 4:11-12
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    11 And he gaue some apostles, and some prophetes, and some euangelistes, and some shepheardes and teachers,

    12 To the gatheryng together of the saintes, into the worke of ministration, into the edifiyng of the body of Christe:

  • 27 Ye are the body of Christe, and members one of another.

  • 76%

    4 There are diuersities of gyftes, but the spirite is one.

    5 And there are differences of administrations, but the Lorde is one.

    6 And there are diuers maners of operations, but God is one, which worketh all in all.

    7 The manifestation of the spirite, is geuen to euery man, to profite withall.

    8 For to one is geuen by the spirite, the worde of wisdome, to another the word of knowledge, by the same spirite:

    9 To another is geuen fayth, by the same spirite: to another the giftes of healyng by the same spirite:

    10 To another, power to do miracles, to another, prophesie, to another iudgement to discerne spirites, to another, diuers kyndes of tongues, to another, the interpretation of tongues.

    11 But these all worketh euen one and the selfe same spirite, deuidyng to euery man a seuerall gyft, as he wyll.

    12 For as the body is one, & hath many members, and all the members of one body, though they be many, yet are but one body: euen so is Christe.

  • Rom 12:4-8
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    4 For as we haue many members in one body, and all members haue not one office:

    5 So, we beyng many, are one body in Christe, and euery one members one of another.

    6 Seyng that we haue dyuers giftes, accordyng to the grace that is geuen vnto vs, yf any man haue the gyft, either prophesie after the measure of fayth,

    7 Either office in administration, or he that teacheth in teachyng:

    8 Or he that exhorteth, in exhortyng, he that geueth in singlenesse, he that ruleth in diligence, he that is mercifull in chearefulnesse.

  • 71%

    18 But nowe hath God set ye members, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased hym.

    19 For yf they were all one member, where were the body?

    20 Nowe are there many members, yet but one body.

  • 12 Euen so, forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes seke that ye may excell, vnto the edifiyng of the Churche.

  • 4 God bearyng witnesse therto both with signes & wonders also, and with diuers powers and gyftes of the holy ghost, accordyng to his owne wyll.

  • 68%

    26 Howe is it then brethren? When ye come together, euery one of you hath a psalme, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a reuelation, hath interpretation. Let all thynges be done vnto edifiyng.

    27 Yf any man speake with tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course, and let one interprete.

    28 But yf there be no interpreter, let him kepe scilence in the Churche, and let him speake to hym selfe, and to God.

    29 Let the prophetes speake two or three, and let the other iudge.

  • 1 Cor 14:1-5
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    1 Folowe after loue, and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie.

    2 For he that speaketh with the tongue, speaketh not vnto men, but vnto God: For no man heareth hym. Howbeit, in the spirite he speaketh misteries.

    3 But he that prophesieth, speaketh vnto men to their edifiyng, to their exhortation, and to their comfort.

    4 He that speaketh with the tongue, edifieth hym selfe: he that prophesieth, edifieth the Churche.

    5 I woulde yt ye al spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: For greater is he that prophesieth, then he that speaketh with tongues, except he expounde it, that the Churche may haue edifiyng.

  • 1 Concernyng spirituall gyftes, brethren, I woulde not haue you ignoraunt.

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    10 As euery man hath receaued the gyft, eue so minister the same one to another, as good ministers of the manifold grace of God.

    11 If any man speake, let hym talke as the wordes of God. If any man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which God ministreth vnto hym, that God in all thinges may be glorified through Iesus Christe, to whom be prayse and dominion for euer and euer. Amen.

  • 14 For the body is not one member, but many.

  • 5 What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man.

  • 39 Wherfore brethren, couet to prophesie, and forbyd not to speake with tongues.

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    22 Wherfore, tongues are for a signe, not to them that beleue, but to them that beleue not: But prophesiyng serueth not for them that beleue not, but for them which beleue.

    23 If therfore, when all the Churche is come together in one, & all speake with tongues, there come in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not: wyll they not say yt ye are out of your wittes?

  • 24 For our comely members neede it not: But God hath tempered the body together, and hath geuen the more honour to that part which lacked:

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    31 For ye may all prophesie one by one, that all may learne, and all may haue comfort.

    32 And the spirites of the prophetes, are subiect to the prophetes.

  • Eph 4:7-8
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    7 But vnto euery one of vs, is geuen grace, accordyng to the measure of the gyft of Christe.

    8 Wherfore he saith: When he went vp an hye, he ledde captiuitie captiue, and gaue gyftes vnto men.

  • 7 For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe am: but euery man hath his proper gift of God, one after this maner, another after that.

  • 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche,

  • 14 Despise not the gyfte that is in thee, which was geuen thee through prophesie, with the laying on of handes by the auctoritie of the eldership.