1 Corinthians 12:30

30 Not all have gifts of healing, [do they]? Not all speak with tongues, [do they]? Not all interpret, [do they]?

1 Corinthians 12:30 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 12:30

Have all the gifts of healing?
&c.] 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 church, not by the common members of it, who were to be sent for by the sick on this occasion:

do all speak with tongues?
no; it was not true in fact, as they well knew; though this was greatly coveted after, as a following chapter of this epistle shows;

do all interpret?
that is, unknown tongues, strange languages; or can they? no. This also was a peculiar gift bestowed on some persons only.

1 Corinthians 12:30 In-Context

28 and whom God has appointed in the church: first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

29 Not all [are] apostles, [are they]? Not all [are] prophets, [are they]? Not all [are] teachers, [are they]? Not all [are workers of] miracles, [are they]?

30 Not all have gifts of healing, [do they]? Not all speak with tongues, [do they]? Not all interpret, [do they]?

31 But strive for the greater gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

Footnotes

• [a]. *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
• [b]. *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here
• [c]. *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here