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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 1 Cor 12:4-12
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    4There are diuersities of gyftes, but the spirite is one.

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

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

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

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

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

    10To 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.

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

    12For 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.

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    4For as we haue many members in one body, and all members haue not one office:

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

    6Seyng 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,

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

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

  • 1 Cor 12:18-20
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    18But nowe hath God set ye members, euery one seuerally in the body, as it hath pleased hym.

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    26Howe 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.

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

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

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

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

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    24For 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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    22And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche,

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    14Despise 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.