1 Corinthians 12:28

In the church God has placed some people: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers. After them come miracles, then gifts of healing, the ability to help, the ability to guide, and different kinds of tongues.
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Treated in 8 passages across the library.

  1. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    The Church cites 1 Cor. xii. 28

    …elders, of pastors, of teachers, of evangelists, of prophets, of helps, of governments. (1 Cor. xii. 28; Ephes. iv. 11; Phil. i. 1; 1 Tim. iii.; Rev. i. 20.) All these are mentioned. But the…

  2. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    The Baptism of the Holy Spirit cites 1 Cor. xii. 28

    …another of a teacher, another of government, another of a helper, another of a mother, (1 Cor. xii. 28‒31; Eph. iv. 8, 11.) (b.) 1 Cor. xii. 7, 11. There will be some gift in every case. Not…

  3. Soar Like The Eagle · Gareth Evans

    Giftings cites 1 Cor 12: 28

    …is important is to realize that the Holy Trinity has appointed these gifts, not man. (1 Cor 12: 28 - “ God has appointed .” 1 Cor 12: 11 - “ The Spirit distributes ..” Eph 4:11 - “ He who…

  4. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Scriptural Christianity cites 1 Cor. 12:28–30

    …one in a thousand. Probably none but the teachers in the church, and only some of them (1 Cor. 12:28–30). It was therefore, for a more excellent purpose than this, that “they were all filled…

  5. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Unsearchable Riches cites 1 Cor. xii. 28

    …It is nowhere written, “God hath set some in the Church, first apostles, then priests.” (1 Cor. xii. 28.) There is a conspicuous absence of the theory in the Pastoral Epistles to Timothy and…

  6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 3 — Of the Teachers and Ministers of the Church cites 1 Cor. 12:28

    …as powers, gifts of healing, interpretation, government, care of the poor (Rom. 12:7; 1 Cor. 12:28). As to those which were temporary, I say nothing, for it is not worth while to dwell…

  7. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 11 — Of the Jurisdiction of the Church, and the Abuses of It, as Exemplified in the Papacy cites 1 Cor. 12:28

    …mentioned by Paul in the First Epistle to the Corinthians under the name of governments (1 Cor. 12:28): in like manner, in the Epistle to the Romans, when he says, “He that ruleth with…

  8. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 20 — Of Civil Government cites 1 Cor. 12:28

    …This office, in the Epistle to the Corinthians, he calls κυβερνήσεις, governments (1 Cor. 12:28). Still, as we see that civil power has the same end in view, there can be no doubt that…

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