Were we all baptized into one body (ημεις παντες εις εν σωμα εβαπτισθημεν). First aorist passive indicative of βαπτιζω and so a re…

For by one Spirit. This means that by the agency or operation of the same Spirit, the Holy Spirit, we have been united into one body. The …

For.—Here follows an illustrative proof of the former statement. The human body is composed of many members, and so also is the sp…

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spi…

Paul now illustrates the diversity and unity of the spiritual gifts by the example of the human body. It is made up of many parts, all of them impo…

For we are all baptized by one Spirit. Here a proof is brought forward from the effect of baptism. “We are,” he says, “engraf…

For by one Spirit are we all baptized This is to be understood not of water baptism; for the apostle says not in one, and…

Christ and His church form one body, as Head and members. Christians become members of this body by baptism. The outward rite is of divine institut…

Having laid out the distinction among spiritual gifts, the Apostle now explains it using the analogy of a natural body. He first presents the analo…