1 Corinthians 12:29

29 They are not all apostles or prophets or teachers. Not everyone has the power to work miracles

1 Corinthians 12:29 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 12:29

Are all apostles?
&c.] No some are prophets, as distinct from apostles; and some are teachers, as distinct from them both, and some are neither: are all prophets?
no; some are apostles, above them, and some are teachers, inferior to them; and but very few there were who had that peculiar character and gift: are all teachers?
no; the far greater part of the members of churches are hearers, or persons that are taught in the word; are neither in the office of teaching, nor have they the qualifications for it. Are all workers of miracles?
no; in those early times, when the gift of doing miracles was bestowed, it was not given to all, only to some; and now there are none that are possessed of it.

1 Corinthians 12:29 In-Context

27 All of you are Christ's body, and each one is a part of it.

28 In the church God has put all in place: in the first place apostles, in the second place prophets, and in the third place teachers; then those who perform miracles, followed by those who are given the power to heal or to help others or to direct them or to speak in strange tongues.

29 They are not all apostles or prophets or teachers. Not everyone has the power to work miracles

30 or to heal diseases or to speak in strange tongues or to explain what is said.

31 Set your hearts, then, on the more important gifts. Best of all, however, is the following way.