1 Corinthians 12:29

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they?

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  • 1 Cor 12:4-9 : 4 Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are different ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. 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 12:14-20 : 14 For in fact the body is not a single member, but many. 15 If the foot says,“Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that. 16 And if the ear says,“Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that. 17 If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell? 18 But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided. 19 If they were all the same member, where would the body be? 20 So now there are many members, but one body.

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

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

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    26 If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.

    27 Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it.

    28 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.

  • Eph 4:11-12
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    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,

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    4 Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

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

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

    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.

    12 Different 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 12:4-7
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    4 For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function,

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

    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;

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    17 If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

    18 But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided.

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

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

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

  • 12 Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance by signs and wonders and powerful deeds.

  • 26 Church 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.

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

  • 1 Cor 3:4-5
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    4 For whenever someone says,“I am with Paul,” or“I am with Apollos,” are you not merely human?

    5 What 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.

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

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    31 For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged.

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

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    23 So 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?

    24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all.

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

  • 12 The Apostles Perform Miraculous Signs and Wonders Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon’s Portico.

  • 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you,

  • 5 Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard?

  • 5 I 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.

  • 13 For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

  • 12 If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.

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

  • 7 Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?

  • 6 Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?

  • 1 The Rights of an Apostle Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

  • 12 Now I mean this, that each of you is saying,“I am with Paul,” or“I am with Apollos,” or“I am with Cephas,” or“I am with Christ.”

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

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

  • 12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”