Verse 28

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 13:24 : 24 Salute all those leading you, and all the saints; salute you doth those from Italy:
  • Heb 13:17 : 17 Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this `is' unprofitable to you.
  • Eph 4:11-13 : 11 and He gave some `as' apostles, and some `as' prophets, and some `as' proclaimers of good news, and some `as' shepherds and teachers, 12 unto the perfecting of the saints, for a work of ministration, for a building up of the body of the Christ, 13 till we may all come to the unity of the faith and of the recognition of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to a measure of stature of the fulness of the Christ,
  • Eph 2:20 : 20 being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-`stone',
  • Eph 3:5 : 5 which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it was now revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit --
  • Rom 12:6-8 : 6 And having gifts, different according to the grace that was given to us; whether prophecy -- `According to the proportion of faith!' 7 or ministration -- `In the ministration!' or he who is teaching -- `In the teaching!' 8 or he who is exhorting -- `In the exhortation!' he who is sharing -- `In simplicity!' he who is leading -- `In diligence?' he who is doing kindness -- `In cheerfulness.'
  • 1 Tim 5:17 : 17 The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 `Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,
  • 1 Pet 5:1-4 : 1 Elders who `are' among you, I exhort, who `am' a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and of the glory about to be revealed a partaker, 2 feed the flock of God that `is' among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind, 3 neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock, 4 and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 become offenceless, both to Jews and Greeks, and to the assembly of God;
  • 1 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 And to each hath been given the manifestation of the Spirit for profit; 8 for to one through the Spirit hath been given a word of wisdom, and to another a word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; 9 and to another faith in the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healings in the same Spirit; 10 and to another in-workings of mighty deeds; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; and to another `divers' kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues: 11 and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.
  • 1 Cor 12:18 : 18 and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,
  • Num 11:17 : 17 and I have come down and spoken with thee there, and have kept back of the Spirit which `is' upon thee, and have put on them, and they have borne with thee some of the burden of the people, and thou dost not bear `it' thyself alone.
  • Luke 6:14 : 14 (Simon, whom also he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
  • Acts 2:8-9 : 8 and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea also, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia also, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya, that `are' along Cyrene, and the strangers of Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we did hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.'
  • Acts 13:1-3 : 1 And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also -- Herod the tetrarch's foster-brother -- and Saul; 2 and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,' 3 then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent `them' away.