Severally (εκ μερους). See Ro 11:25 απο μερους (in part). Each has his own place and function in the body of Christ.

Now ye. You Christians of Corinth, as a part of the whole church that has been redeemed.

Are the body of Christ. The allus…

Now. We have here in general terms the application of the preceding illustration, the detailed application of which follows in [Re…

Or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God h…

Paul has the entire Christian church in mind with the phrase, “the body of Christ.” The plural “apostles” confirms that here there is a wider refer…

But ye are the body of Christ. Therefore, what has been said concerning the nature and condition of the human body must be applied to us; …

Now you are the body of Christ Not his natural body, which his Father prepared for him, in which he bore our sins on the …

Contempt, hatred, envy, and strife are very unnatural in Christians. It is like the members of the same body being without concern for one another …

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…