# first apostles

Possible meanings for "first" are 1) the first in the list or 2) the most important in the list.

# those who provide helps

"those who provide help to other believers"

# those who do the work of administration

"those who govern the church"

# those who have various kinds of tongues

Here "tongues" represents languages. Alternate translation: "those who have the ability to speak different languages" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])