All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they?
Parallel translations
- WEB Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all interpret?
- KJV Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?
- BSB Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?
- NKJV Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
- NLT Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret unknown languages? Of course not!
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Quick answer
Likewise, not all have healing gifts, speak in tongues, or interpret. No gift, including tongues, is the mark of every Spirit-filled believer.
Overview
Paul continues his rhetorical questions, including tongues and interpretation, the gifts the Corinthians overvalued. The expected answer 'no' dismantles any claim that a particular gift is the universal sign of the Spirit. This prepares the way for his teaching that love, not any single gift, is what every believer must pursue.
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- 1 Cor 12:10and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.
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