# first apostles

Possible meanings are 1) "the first gift I will mention is apostles" or 2) "the most important gift is apostles."

# 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

an individual who can speak in one or more foreign languages without having studied that language

# Are all of them apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all do powerful deeds?

Paul is reminding his readers of what they already know. AT: "Only some of them are apostles. Only some of them are prophets. Only some of them are teachers. Only some of them do powerful deeds." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/appoint]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/church]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/apostle]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/teacher]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heal]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tongue]]