1 Corinthians 12:28 Cross References - Murdock

²⁸ For God hath placed in his church, first, legates; after them, prophets; after them, teachers; after them, workers of miracles; after them, the gifts of healing, and helpers, and leaders, and various kinds of tongues.

¹⁴ Simon whom he named Cephas, and Andrew his brother, and James, and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,

⁸ And how do we hear, each his own language, in which we were born? ⁹ Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those dwelling between the rivers, Jews and Cappadocians, and those from the region of Pontus and of Asia, ¹⁰ and those from the region of Phrygia, and of Pamphylia, and of Egypt, and of the parts of Lybia near Cyrene, and those who have come from Rome, Jews and proselytes; ¹¹ and those from Crete, and Arabians. Lo, we hear them speak in our own languages the wonders of God.

¹ Now there were in the church at Antioch, several prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simon called Niger, and Lucius who was from the city Cyrene, and Menaen, a son of the guardians of Herod the Tetrarch, and Saul. ² And while they were fasting and making supplication to God, the Holy Spirit said to them: Separate to me Saul and Barnabas, for the work to which I have called them. ³ And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid the hand on them, and sent them away.

²⁸ Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit hath established you bishops; that ye feed the church of God, which he hath acquired by his blood.

⁶ But we have different gifts, according to the grace given to us. There is that of prophecy, according to the measure of his faith. ⁷ And there is that of ministration, possessed by one in his ministry. And there is that of a teacher, in his teaching. ⁸ And there is that of a consoler, in his consoling: And that of a giver, with simplicity: And that of a presider, with dexterity: And of a sympathizer, with cheerfulness.

³² Be ye without offence to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and to the church of God:

⁷ And to each man, there is given a manifestation of the Spirit, that it may aid him. ⁸ To one, by the Spirit, there is given a word of wisdom; and to another, by the same Spirit, there is given a word of knowledge: ⁹ to another, by the same Spirit, faith: to another, by the same Spirit, gifts of healing: ¹⁰ and to another, miracles: and to another, prophecy: and to another, the discerning of spirits: and to another, divers kinds of tongues: and to another, the interpretation of tongues. ¹¹ But all these, worketh that one Spirit; and he distributeth to every one as he pleaseth.

¹⁸ But now hath God placed every one of the members in the body, according to his pleasure.

²⁰ And ye are built upon the foundations of the legates and the prophets; and Jesus the Messiah hath become the head of the corner in the edifice.

⁵ which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy legates and to his prophets, by the Spirit;

¹¹ And he gave some, legates; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers: ¹² for perfecting the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edification of the body of the Messiah; ¹³ until we all become one and the same, in faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, and one complete man according to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Messiah:

¹⁷ Let the elders who conduct themselves well, be esteemed worthy of double honor; especially they who labor in the word and in doctrine.

¹⁷ Confide in your guides, and hearken to them; for they watch for your souls, as men who must give an account of you, that they may do this with joy and not with anguish; for that would not be profitable to you.

²⁴ Salute all your guides, and all the saints. All they of Italy salute you.

¹ And I, an Elder, your associate, and a witness of the sufferings of the Messiah, and a participator in his glory which is to be revealed, entreat the Elders who are among you: ² Feed ye the flock of God which is committed to you: have care for it, spiritually; not from compulsion, but voluntarily; not for base gain, but with all your heart; ³ not as lords of the flock, but so as to be a good example for them: ⁴ that when the chief shepherd shall be revealed, ye may receive from him a crown of glory that fadeth not.