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For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don`t have the same function,
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One Body, Many Parts
Commentators unanimously explain that Paul uses the human body as a powerful metaphor for the church. Just as a physical body is one entity with many distinct parts (eyes, hands, feet), the church is one unified body in Christ composed of many individual members. Each member has a unique and essential role, or 'office,' to play for the health of the whole.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For. This word here denotes a further illustration or proof of what he had just before said. The duty to which he was exhorting t…
The same office (την αυτην πραξιν). Mode of acting or function. Cf. Acts 19:18; Romans 8:13.
19th Century
Anglican
Members in one body.—This figure of the body and the members is worked out more fully in 1 Corinthians 12:12–27.
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Baptist
This is why there is diversity. If the hand were made exactly like the foot, it would not be one-tenth as useful; and if the eye only had the same …
To offset the danger of individualistic thinking with its resulting danger of pride, Paul refers to the human body—an illustration familiar from hi…
16th Century
Protestant
For as in one body, etc. The very thing which he had previously said of limiting the wisdom of each according to the measure of faith, he …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For as we have many members in one body The apostle illustrates what he said last concerning God's dealing to every …
Pride is a sin in us by nature; we need to be cautioned and armed against it. All the saints make up one body in Christ, who is the Head of the bod…
13th Century
Catholic
After this admonition, the Apostle gives a reason based on the mystical body’s likeness to a natural body. He first addresses three thing…
