Passage

1 Corinthians 12.28

Book: 1 Corinthians · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"26. And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 27. Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof."

"28. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues."

"29. Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? 30. have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?" (1 Corinthians 12:26-30, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"26. When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. 27. Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually."

"28. God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages."

"29. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers? 30. Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all interpret?" (1 Corinthians 12:26-30, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"26. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. 27. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular."

"28. And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. ^{diversities: or, kinds}"

"29. Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? ^{workers: or, powers?} 30. Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?" (1 Corinthians 12:26-30, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"26. and whether one member doth suffer, suffer with [it] do all the members, or one member is glorified, rejoice with [it] do all the members; 27. and ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular."

"28. And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;"

"29. [are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all powers? 30. have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?" (1 Corinthians 12:26-30, YLT)

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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