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that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another.
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Unity, Not Division
Commentators explain that God designed the church with diverse members and gifts not to create factions, but to foster unity. The goal is to prevent "schism"—internal division and strife. As Charles Ellicott notes, the Corinthians were misusing their diverse gifts to cause the very divisions that this God-given variety was meant to prevent. The body's health depends on all parts working together harmoniously.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 (ινα μη η σχισμα). Purpose of God in his plan for the body. Trouble in one organ affects the whole …
19th Century
Anglican
That there should be no schism.—The existence of differences of gifts in the Church had been used by the Corinthians to c…
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Baptist
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That there should be no schism in the body . &c.] No complaint of one member against another, as useless and unneces…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
