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1 Corinthians 12:30

1 Corinthians 12:30
Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

1 Corinthians 12:29-30

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Corinthians 12:27-31

I. Here the apostle sums up the argument, and applies this similitude to the church of Christ, concerning which observe,

1. The relation wherein Christians stand to Christ and one another. The church,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

1 Corinthians 12:12-31

Comparison of the Unity of the Body and the Unity of the Christian Church

12. For as the body is one, and hath many members This simile is a very common one. It is used on several occasions by the…

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