Nay, much rather (αλλα πολλω μαλλον). Adversative sense of αλλα, on the contrary. So far from the more dignified members like the …

Which seem to be more feeble. This means weaker than the rest: members that seem less able to bear fatigue and encounter difficulties, tha…

Which seem to be more feeble.—The general argument of this and the following verse (without attempting to identify the particular parts of…

Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: and those members of the body, which we think to be less…

Here the emphasis is on the mutual dependence and concern of the various members of the body. As the organs of the human body—such as the eye, hand…

Nay, much more those members of the body The apostle, in a beautiful gradation, proceeds to take notice of such parts of …

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…