1 Corinthians 12:28

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues.

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  • Heb 13:24 : 24 Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
  • Eph 4:11-13 : 11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God– a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ’s full stature.
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 (which was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit),
  • Rom 12:6-8 : 6 And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith. 7 If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach; 8 if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 Elders who provide effective leadership must be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
  • 1 Pet 5:1-4 : 1 Leading and Living in God’s Flock So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you: 2 Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly. 3 And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock. 4 Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
  • 1 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all. 8 For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.
  • 1 Cor 12:18 : 18 But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.
  • Num 11:17 : 17 Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take part of the Spirit that is on you, and will put it on them, and they will bear some of the burden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it all by yourself.
  • Luke 6:14 : 14 Simon(whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
  • Acts 2:8-9 : 8 And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
  • Acts 13:1-3 : 1 The Church at Antioch Commissions Barnabas and Saul Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen(a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul. 2 While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said,“Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off.

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  • 1 Cor 12:29-31
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    29Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?

    30Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they?

    31But you should be eager for the greater gifts.And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison.

  • Eph 4:11-12
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    11And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,

    12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ,

  • 1 Cor 12:27
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    27Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it.

  • 1 Cor 12:4-12
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    4Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

    5And there are different ministries, but the same Lord.

    6And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone.

    7To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all.

    8For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit,

    9to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

    10to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

    11It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

    12Different Members in One Body For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body– though many– are one body, so too is Christ.

  • Rom 12:4-8
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    4For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

    5so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another.

    6And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

    7If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach;

    8if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness.

  • 1 Cor 12:18-20
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    18But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

    19If they were all the same member, where would the body be?

    20So now there are many members, but one body.

  • 1 Cor 14:12
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    12It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church.

  • Heb 2:4
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    4while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

  • 1 Cor 14:26-29
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    26Church Order What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church.

    27If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret.

    28But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God.

    29Two or three prophets should speak and the others should evaluate what is said.

  • 1 Cor 14:1-5
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    1Prophecy and Tongues Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

    2For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit.

    3But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation.

    4The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church.

    5I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened.

  • 1 Cor 12:1
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    1Spiritual Gifts With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed.

  • 1 Pet 4:10-11
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    10Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

    11Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

  • 1 Cor 12:14
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    14For in fact the body is not a single member, but many.

  • 1 Cor 3:5
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    5What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

  • 1 Cor 14:39
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    39So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues.

  • 1 Cor 14:22-23
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    22So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers.

    23So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds?

  • 1 Cor 12:24
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    24but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member,

  • 1 Cor 14:31-32
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    31For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

    32Indeed, the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,

  • Eph 4:7-8
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    7But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

    8Therefore it says,“When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”

  • 1 Cor 7:7
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    7I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

  • Eph 1:22
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    22And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as head over all things.

  • 1 Tim 4:14
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    14Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you.