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Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?
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Diversity is by Divine Design
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul's series of questions ('Are all apostles? ...prophets?') expects a clear 'No.' Scholars explain this highlights God's intentional design for the church. He sovereignly distributes different gifts and roles to different people, creating a diverse but unified body. You are not expected to have every spiritual gift.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Are all apostles? etc. These questions imply, with strong emphasis, that it could not be, and ought not to be, that there should be perfec…
Are all (μη παντες). The μη expects a negative answer with each group.
19th Century
Baptist
Or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God h…
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By these rhetorical questions, all of which imply “no” for an answer, Paul stresses the principle of divine selectivity. Not all believers function…
16th Century
Protestant
He has, in the beginning of the chapter, spoken of gifts; now he begins to discuss offices, and we should carefully observe this …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Are all apostles ? &c.] No, some are prophets, as distinct from apostles; and some are teachers, as distinct from them bo…
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Contempt, hatred, envy, and strife are very unnatural in Christians. It is like the members of the same body being without concern for one another …
13th Century
Catholic
Having laid out the distinction among spiritual gifts, the Apostle now explains it using the analogy of a natural body. He first presents the analo…
