That there should be no schism (ινα μη η σχισμα). Purpose of God in his plan for the body. Trouble in one organ affects the whole …

That there should be no schism. The marginal reading is Division. (See Barnes on 1 Corinthians 11:18).

The mea…

That there should be no schism.—The existence of differences of gifts in the Church had been used by the Corinthians to c…

That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

We have heard this text…

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…

That there should be no schism in the body .
&c.] No complaint of one member against another, as useless and unneces…

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…