1 Corinthians 12:29

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Not all are apostles. Not all are prophets. Not all are teachers. Not all do miracles.

Revised Standard Version
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Are all Apostles? Are all Prophetes? Are all teachers? Are all doars of miracles?

Hebrew Names Version
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?

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

New American Standard Bible
All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they?

New Century Version
Not all are apostles. Not all are prophets. Not all are teachers. Not all do miracles.

Update Bible Version
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all [workers of] miracles?

Webster's Bible Translation
[Are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all workers of miracles?

English Standard Version
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

World English Bible
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all miraculous powers?

Weymouth's New Testament
Are all Apostles? Are all Prophets? Are all teachers?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Whether alle apostlis? whethir alle prophetis? whether alle techeris? whether alle vertues?

English Revised Version
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all [workers of] miracles?

Berean Standard Bible
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Contemporary English Version
Not everyone is an apostle. Not everyone is a prophet. Not everyone is a teacher. Not everyone can work miracles.

Amplified Bible
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

American Standard Version
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

Bible in Basic English
Are all Apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? have all the power of working wonders?

Complete Jewish Bible
Not all are emissaries, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? or teachers? or miracle-workers?

Darby Translation
[Are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all [in possession of] miraculous powers?

Etheridge Translation
Are all apostles ? Are all prophets ? Are all teachers ? Are all workers of miracles ?

Murdock Translation
Are they all legates? Are they all prophets? Are they all teachers? Are they all workers of miracles?

King James Version (1611)
Are all Apostles? are all Prophets? are all Teachers? are all workers of miracles?

New Living Translation
Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we all have the power to do miracles?

New Life Bible
Are they all missionaries? No. Are they all preachers or those who speak for God? No. Do they all do powerful works? No.

New Revised Standard
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Are all Apostles? are all Prophetes? are all teachers?

George Lamsa Translation
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all mighty works?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all doctors?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Are all, Apostles? are all, prophetes? are all, teachers?

Good News Translation
They are not all apostles or prophets or teachers. Not everyone has the power to work miracles

Christian Standard Bible®
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do miracles?

King James Version
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

Lexham English Bible
Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all are workers of miracles, are they?

Literal Translation
Are all apostles? All prophets? All teachers? All workers of power?

Young's Literal Translation
[are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all powers?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Are they all Apostles? Are they all prophetes? Are they all teachers? Are they all doers of miracles?

Mace New Testament (1729)
are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?

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?

New King James Version
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

Simplified Cowboy Version
Now listen, not everyone is an apostle, or a prophet, or a teacher. Not everyone can do miracles

New American Standard Bible (1995)
All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they?

Legacy Standard Bible
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?

Contextual Overview

²⁷You are Christ's body—that's who you are! You must never forget this. Only as you accept your part of that body does your "part" mean anything. You're familiar with some of the parts that God has formed in his church, which is his "body": apostles prophets teachers miracle workers healers helpers organizers those who pray in tongues. But it's obvious by now, isn't it, that Christ's church is a complete Body and not a gigantic, unidimensional Part? It's not all Apostle, not all Prophet, not all Miracle Worker, not all Healer, not all Prayer in Tongues, not all Interpreter of Tongues. And yet some of you keep competing for so-called "important" parts. But now I want to lay out a far better way for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all apostles: 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, 1 Corinthians 12:14-20

workers: or, powers

Reciprocal: Matthew 13:27 - the servants Luke 19:13 - delivered Acts 13:1 - prophets Acts 15:32 - being Romans 10:15 - And how 1 Corinthians 12:5 - administrations 1 Corinthians 12:10 - the working 1 Corinthians 12:17 - General 1 Corinthians 13:1 - I speak Ephesians 3:5 - as it Ephesians 4:11 - pastors

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Are all apostles?.... No some are prophets, as distinct from apostles; and some are teachers, as distinct from them both, and some are neither:

are all prophets? no; some are apostles, above them, and some are teachers, inferior to them; and but very few there were who had that peculiar character and gift:

are all teachers? no; the far greater part of the members of churches are hearers, or persons that are taught in the word; are neither in the office of teaching, nor have they the qualifications for it.

Are all workers of miracles? no; in those early times, when the gift of doing miracles was bestowed, it was not given to all, only to some; and now there are none that are possessed of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are all apostles? ... - These questions imply, with strong emphasis, that it could not be, and ought not to be, that there should be perfect equality of endowment. It was not a matter of fact that all were equal, or that all were qualified for the offices which others sustained. Whether the arrangement was approved of or not, it was a simple matter of fact that some were qualified to perform offices which others were not; that some were endowed with the abilities requisite to the apostolic office, and others not; that some were endowed with prophetic gifts, and others were not; that some had the gift of healing, or the talent of speaking different languages, or of interpreting and that others had not.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. Are all apostles, c.] That is: All are not apostles, all are not prophets, c. God has distributed his various gifts among various persons, each of whom is necessary for the complete edification of the body of Christ. On these subjects see the notes on 1 Corinthians 12:7-10.