1 Cor 12:27-31

The Holman Christian Standard Bible Chapter 12

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it. 28 And God has placed these in the church:

first apostles, second prophets,

third teachers, next miracles,

then gifts of healing, helping,

managing, various kinds of languages.

29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets?

Are all teachers? Do all do miracles?

30 Do all have gifts of healing?

Do all speak in other languages?

Do all interpret?

31 But desire the greater gifts. And I will show you an even better way.

Apostles - 80 - apostle (19), apostles (52), apostles' (5), messenger (1), messengers (1), is sent (1). - a messenger, one sent on a mission, an apostle

Matt - 1 ()

Mark - 2(, )

Luke - 6(, , , , , )

John - 1()

Acts - 31(; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .

Romans - 4(; ; ; )

1 Cor - 9(; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; )

2 Cor - 5(; ; ; ; )

Gal - 4(; ; ; )

Eph - 4(; ; ; )

Col - 1

1 Thes - 1(

1 Tim - 2(

2 Tim - 2(

Tit - 1

Heb - 1

1 Pet - 1

2 Pet - 2

Jude - 1

Rev - 3

a delegate, messenger, one sent forth with orders

apostle, messenger, he that is sent.

From apostello; a delegate; specially, an ambassador of the Gospel; officially a commissioner of Christ ("apostle") (with miraculous powers) -- apostle, messenger, he that is sent.

Prophets - 146 - prophet (63), prophets (81).

Teachers - 59 - Teacher (41), teacher (10), teachers (8).

Miracles - 120 - ability (4), meaning (1), mightily (1), mighty (1), miracle (2), miracles (17), miraculous powers (3), power (83), powers (6), strength (2), wealth (1).

Healing - 3 - healing (1), healings (2).

Helping - 1 - helping (1)

Managing - 1 - Managing(1) steering, government, administration - (lit: steering, piloting), governing, government.

2941 kybérnēsis – properly, someone who steers (guides) a ship; (figuratively) the divine calling which empowers someone to lead in affairs relating to the Church. (2941 /kybérnēsis only occurs in .)

2941 /kybérnēsis ("a helmsman who steers") refers to a pilot (a captain, as in Plato) – a directorwho guides, administrates, etc. (Abbott-Smith).

Languages - 50 - tongue (25), tongues (25). - the tongue, a language, a nation (usually distinguished by their speech).

1100 glṓssa – tongue, used of flowing speech; (figuratively) speaking, inspired by God, like the evidence of tongues-speaking supplied by the Lord in the book of Acts to demonstrate the arrival of the new age of the covenant (i.e. NT times).

[The normative experience of the 120 believers received "tongues (1100 /glṓssa) as of fire" () and miraculously spoke in other actual languages, i.e. that they could not speak before (). This sign was repeated in , – furnishing ample proof (three attestations) that the Lord had incorporated all believers into Christ's (mystical) body ().]