1 Corinthians 12:30

1 Corinthians 12:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
• New International Version (NIV)Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

Context of 1 Corinthians 12:30

28God has put into His community first emissaries, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then healings, helps, leadership, various kinds of tongues. 29All are not emissaries, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All do not work miracles, do they? All do not have gifts of healing, do they? All do not speak in tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? 31But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And still I show you a far better way:

1 Corinthians 12:30 word by word

μὴ πάντες χαρίσματα ἔχουσιν ἰαμάτων; μὴ πάντες γλώσσαις λαλοῦσιν; μὴ πάντες διερμηνεύουσιν;Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• the giftsχάρισμαcharisma · giftG5486
• of healingἴαμαiama · healingG2386
• speakλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• with tonguesγλῶσσαglōssa · tongueG1100
• interpretδιερμηνεύωdiermēneuō · to interpretG1329

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 12:30

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-31Verses 27-31 Contempt, hatred, envy, and strife, are very unnatural in Christians. It is like the members of the same body being without concern for one another, or quarrelling with each other. The proud, contentious spirit that prevailed, as to spiritual gifts, was thus condemned. The offices and gifts, or favours, dispensed by the Holy Spirit, are noticed. Chief ministers; persons enabled to interpret Scripture; those who laboured in word and doctrine…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29-30These rhetorical questions all expect the answer, "Of course not!" Paul gently corrects those who feel jealous of others. Believers should gratefully accept the gifts God has given them. They should not envy other gifts or consider any gifts more important than others (but see 12:31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-311Co 12:1-31. The Use and the Abuse of Spiritual Gifts, Especially Prophesying and Tongues. This is the second subject for correction in the Corinthian assemblies: the "first" was discussed (1Co 11:18-34). 1. spiritual gifts--the signs of the Spirit's continued efficacious presence in the Church, which is Christ's body, the complement of His incarnation, as the body is the complement of the head. By the love which pervades the whole, the gifts of the…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 12:30

• Interpreter
• Miracles
• Tongue
• Tongues (the Gift)

In the dictionaries

• Gifts of Healing
• Administration
• Bond
• Covet
• Temper
• Tongues, Gift of
• Apostle
• Church Government
• Communion; (fellowship)
• Corinthians, First Epistle to the

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings