1 Corinthians 12:29 (WEB)
Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?
Fathers and councils · 7
Jerome
“Whence the Apostle says, “The eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 21, 29, 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Do all interpret?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 29.
Read the whole comment“(This we see is the reason why gifts are spoken of; because, as he says elsewhere, “Are all apostles? are all prophets?” etc.) And here he has added, “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 29
Read the whole comment“Do all speak with tongues?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 29, etc.
Read the whole comment“Do all interpret?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 8–30.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Are all Prophets? etc.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 29.
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Tertullian
“This, too, I may confidently say: he who has likened the unity of our body throughout its manifold and divers members to the compacting together of the various gifts of the Spirit, shows also that there is but one Lord of the human body and of the Holy Spirit.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 12–30, compared with Eph. iv. 16.
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