what does the passage Corinthians 12:1-30 mean
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What does 1 Corinthians 12:30 mean? ⇑]
Paul is asking a series of questions to which the obvious answer is "no." He seeks to drive home a point: that all spiritual gifts are needed to serve all the functions in the body of Christ. As pointed out before, the body cannot be made up entirely of eyes (1 Corinthians 12:17). There are innumerable things which must be done, which an eye simply cannot do. That's why not everyone is an apostle or a prophet or a teacher. Not everyone can do miracles.
Now he asks if everyone has gifts of healing or the ability to speak in or interpret speaking in tongues? Of course not. If that were the case, the church in Corinth would not be a church. A pile of eyes is not a "body." All spiritual gifts are needed, and all those diverse members have an important role to fulfill in the health and success of the church.
Chapter Summary
Apparently in response to further questions from Corinth, Paul describes what spiritual gifts are, who receives them, and what they are for. His emphasis is that particular spiritual gifts do not make believers spiritual. Every believer is spiritual because every Christian has God's Spirit with him or her. In addition, the Spirit gives one or more spiritual gifts to each believer to be used to serve the church. The church is like a body, in which every part is needed, and all the parts exist to serve one another. Every believer must discover how they are gifted by the Spirit and value the function they serve in Christ body..
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