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1 Corinthians 12:28

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “then” (ἔπειτα) before gifts here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “then” (εἶτα) before gifts here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andοὓςhouswhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, plural, masculine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.μὲνmensomeμένparticle — “some”G3303an untranslatable particle, generally answered by "de", each of the two introducing a clause intended to be contrasted with the other.someἔθετοethetoto placeτίθημι (tithēmi)verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “to place”, a single actionG5087I put, place, lay, set, fix, establish.This verse uses “place”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸςtheosGodθεόςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “God”, the subject formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.ἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.inτῇtētheὁ (ho)article, dative, singular, feminine — “the”, the to- or for-formG3588the, the definite article.ἐκκλησίᾳekklēsiachurchἐκκλησίαnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “church”, the to- or for-formG1577an assembly, congregation, church; the Church, the whole body of Christian believers.This verse uses “church”.the churchπρῶτονprōtonfirstπρῶτος (prōtos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “first”, the object formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.firstἀποστόλουςapostolousapostlesἀπόστολος (apostolos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “apostles”, the object formG652a messenger, envoy, delegate, one commissioned by another to represent him in some way, especially a man sent out by Jesus Christ Himself to preach the Gospel; an apostle.apostlesδεύτερονdeuteronsecondarilyδεύτερος (deuteros)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “secondarily”, the object formG1208second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time.secondarilyπροφήταςprophētasprophetsπροφήτης (prophētēs)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “prophets”, the object formG4396a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.prophetsτρίτονtritonthirdlyτρίτος (tritos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “thirdly”, the object formG5154third.thirdlyδιδασκάλουςdidaskalousteachersδιδάσκαλος (didaskalos)noun, accusative, plural, masculine — “teachers”, the object formG1320a teacher, master.teachersἔπειταepeitaafter thatἔπειταadverb — “after that”G1899then, thereafter, afterwards.after thatδυνάμειςdunameismiraclesδύναμις (dunamis)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “miracles”, the object formG1411(a) physical power, force, might, ability, efficacy, energy, meaning (b) plur: powerful deeds, deeds showing (physical) power, marvelous works.miraclesἔπειταepeitathenἔπειταadverb — “then”G1899then, thereafter, afterwards.This verse uses “then”.thenχαρίσματαcharismatagiftsχάρισμα (charisma)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “gifts”, the object formG5486a gift of grace, an undeserved favor.giftsἰαμάτωνiamatōnof healingsἴαμα (iama)noun, genitive, plural, neuter — “of healings”, the of-formG2386healing, curing, remedy.of healingsἀντιλήμψειςantilēmpseishelpsἀντίλημψις (antilēmpsis)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “helps”, the object formG484help, ministration; one who aids.helpsκυβερνήσειςkubernēseisgovernmentsκυβέρνησις (kubernēsis)noun, accusative, plural, feminine — “governments”, the object formG2941(lit: steering, piloting), governing, government.governmentsγένηgenēdiversitiesγένος (genos)noun, accusative, plural, neuter — “diversities”, the object formG1085offspring, family, race, nation, kind.diversitiesγλωσσῶνglōssōnof tonguesγλῶσσα (glōssa)noun, genitive, plural, feminine — “of tongues”, the of-formG1100the tongue, a language, a nation (usually distinguished by their speech).of tongues

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἶταeitathenεἶταadverb — “then”G1534then, thereafter, next (marking a fresh stage); therefore, then, furthermore.This verse uses “then”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues.

Young’s Literal Translation

And some, indeed, did God set in the assembly, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, afterwards powers, afterwards gifts of healings, helpings, governings, divers kinds of tongues;

World English Bible

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

Darby Translation

And God has set certain in the assembly: first, apostles; secondly, prophets; thirdly, teachers; then miraculous powers; then gifts of healings; helps; governments; kinds of tongues.

Douay-Rheims

And God indeed hath set some in the church; first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly doctors; after that miracles; then the graces of healing, helps, governments, kinds of tongues, interpretations of speeches.

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