Does each apostle have the total nine spiritual gifts cited in 1 Cor 12:7ff? 每位使徒是否都具備哥林多前書12章列出的九種屬靈恩賜？

 

**1. Did each apostle have all nine spiritual gifts?

每位使徒是否都具備哥林多前書12章列出的九種屬靈恩賜？**

T: I would say it is likely that each apostle possessed all nine spiritual gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12.
我會說，每位使徒很可能都具備哥林多前書第十二章列出的九種屬靈恩賜。

T: They all were baptized with the Holy Spirit.
他們都領受了聖靈的洗。

T: Paul was able to bestow all these gifts by the laying on of hands, as seen in 1 Corinthians 1:7.
保羅能按手將這些恩賜賜給人，如哥林多前書1:7所示。

T: This does not mean every Christian received a gift, but only those on whom Paul laid his hands.
這並不表示每位基督徒都有恩賜，而是保羅按手在誰身上，誰就領受。

1 Co 1:7 “So that ye come behind in no gift…”
林前1:7「在恩賜上沒有一樣不及人的⋯⋯」

T: It also seems all apostles could bestow gifts, since Paul speaks of “the signs of an apostle” in 2 Corinthians 12:12.
看來所有使徒都能賜恩賜，因為保羅在哥林多後書12:12提到「使徒的憑據」。

T: And Paul stated he was “not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles” (2 Cor 11:5).
保羅也說自己「一點不在那些超等使徒以下」（林後11:5）。

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**2. Who are the “most eminent apostles”?

那些「最顯要的使徒」指的是誰？**

J: 2 Corinthians 12:11–12 shows Paul was not inferior to the most eminent apostles.
我從林後12:11–12看到，保羅說他不在「最顯要的使徒」以下。

J: Who are these most eminent apostles actually?
那這些「最顯要」的使徒究竟是誰呢？

T: I don’t know exactly, but Galatians 2:9 may give a suggestion.
我不能確定，但加拉太書2:9可能提供線索。

J: Yet Jesus said none should seek to be the greatest (Matt 18:4).
但主耶穌說，在天國裡要謙卑如小孩子，沒有人是最大的（太18:4）。

J: So none of them is truly “the greatest.”
因此沒有誰是真正的「最大」。

T: All true. I think Paul was referring to those apostles who were regarded as leaders among the brethren.
這都正確。我認為保羅指的是在早期教會中被弟兄姊妹視為領袖的那些使徒。

J: Galatians 2:9 names James, Cephas, and John as pillars.
加拉太書2:9提到雅各、磯法（彼得）、約翰是教會的柱石。

J: Oh, you mean these three were leaders.
喔，你的意思是這三位就是早期教會中的領袖。

T: Yes, that’s what I meant.
是的，我的意思正是如此。