1 Corinthians 12:30

Contextual Overview

²⁷Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. ²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. ²⁷All of you are part of the body of Christ. Each and every one of you serves a great part of that body. ²⁷ Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it. ²⁷Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it. ²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it. ²⁷ Now *ye* are Christ's body, and members in particular. ²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it. ²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. ²⁷ Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in part.

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Reciprocal: Mark 16:17 - they 1 Corinthians 12:10 - to another the 1 Corinthians 13:1 - I speak 1 Corinthians 14:5 - except 1 Corinthians 14:13 - pray

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Have all the gifts of healing?.... No; when these gifts were in being, all had them not. When anointing with oil, in order to heal the sick, was in use, it was only performed by the elders of the church, not by the common members of it, who were to be sent for by the sick on this occasion:

do all speak with tongues? no; it was not true in fact, as they well knew; though this was greatly coveted after, as a following chapter of this epistle shows;

do all interpret? that is, unknown tongues, strange languages; or can they? no. This also was a peculiar gift bestowed on some persons only.

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.