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The Spirit's Unifying Work
Commentators unanimously affirm that the Holy Spirit is the agent who "baptized" all believers into the one body of Christ. This spiritual union is not based on water baptism alone, but on a shared, internal work of the Spirit. This divine action erases all earthly distinctions—whether racial, cultural, or social—making every Christian an equal and integral part of Christ's universal church.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 12:13
18th Century
Theologian
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 …
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 12:13
Were we all baptized into one body (ημεις παντες εις εν σωμα εβαπτισθημεν). First aorist passive indicative of βαπτιζω and so a re…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 12:13
19th Century
Bishop
For.—Here follows an illustrative proof of the former statement. The human body is composed of many members, and so also is the sp…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 12:12–13
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 12:13
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…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 12:13
16th Century
Theologian
For we are all baptized by one Spirit. Here a proof is brought forward from the effect of baptism. “We are,” he says, “engraf…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 12:13
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 12:12–26
17th Century
Minister
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…