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church. App-186.
apostles . . . prophets. App-189.
teachers. Greek. didaskalos. App-98. 1Co_12:4.
miracles = powers. Greek. dunamis, as in 1Co_12:10. Here it means "workers of miracles".
helps. Greek. antilepsis. Only here in NT., but found in the Septuagint, Psa_83:8; &c, and in the Papyri.
governments. Greek. kubernesis. Only here in N.T., but found in the Septuagint. The word means "guidance". Compare Act_27:11.
diversities = (different) kinds. Greek. genos. Not the same word as in verses: 1Co_12:12, 1Co_12:4-6.