1 Corinthians 12:30 Meaning and Explanation
“Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Continuing the questions: not all have gifts of healing, speak in tongues, or interpret.
What Does 1 Corinthians 12:30 Mean?
Paul finishes his series of questions, asking whether all have healing gifts, all speak in tongues, all interpret. Again the answer to each is 'no,' completing the point begun in the previous verse.
By naming tongues here, Paul quietly corrects the Corinthians' over-fascination with that one gift. It is no universal mark of the Spirit, nor the measure of spirituality. Each gift is given to some, not all, by God's choosing. The body needs the variety; demanding that everyone share one gift would unmake the very body God designed.
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What does 1 Corinthians 12:30 mean?
Continuing the questions: not all have gifts of healing, speak in tongues, or interpret.