Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Corinthians 12:12-13

"For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit." — 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 (ASV)

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 Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

Oh, what a sacred oneness that is which subsists between all the Lord's people! We are not simply brothers and sisters, but we are one; we are not allied by affinity, but by actual identity; we are parts of the same body; we are brought into spiritual membership with each other, as real and as effectual as the membership that subsists between the various parts of the body. Yet we are not all alike, although we are all of one body; some are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are bond, some are free; and yet, in some things, we are all alike, for we have all been baptized by one Spirit.

And, moreover, we have all been made to drink into one Spirit; we have had one spiritual baptism, and we have had one spiritual drinking. Oh, that we felt more one, that our hearts beat more in tune with each other; that we had a sympathy with each other in sorrows and sufferings; that we had a sense of fellowship with all who love the Lord; and could at all times weep with those who weep, as well as rejoice with those who rejoice.