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Verse 28. _GOD HATH SET SOME IN THE CHURCH_] As God has made evident
distinctions among the members of the human body, so that some occupy
a more eminent place than others, so has he in the Church. An...
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AND GOD HATH SET - That is, has appointed, constituted, ordained. He
has established these various orders or ranks in the church. The
apostle, having illustrated the main idea that God had conferred
v...
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2. THE BODY AND THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Concerning spiritual manifestations and diversities of gifts. (1
Corinthians 12:1 .)_
2. The Body and its members. (1 Corinthians 12:12 .)
In...
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Paul now elaborates an illustration from the body and its members.
Here we have organic unity with diversity of function and
interdependence of the whole and its parts, interdependence also of
the par...
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THE CONFESSION OF THE SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)...
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CHURCH. App-186.
APOSTLES... PROPHETS. App-189.
TEACHERS. Greek. _didaskalos._ App-98. 1 Corinthians 12:4.
MIRACLES. powers. Greek. _dunamis,_ as in 1 Corinthians 12:10. Here it
means "workers of m...
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Comparison of the Unity of the Body and the Unity of the Christian
Church
12. _For as the body is one, and hath many members_ This simile is a
very common one. It is used on several occasions by the A...
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COMPARISON OF THE UNITY OF THE BODY AND THE UNITY OF THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH...
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_MEMBERS THAT LOVE ONE ANOTHER 1 CORINTHIANS 12:27-31:_ In the close
of this chapter we will see the application Paul made concerning the
spiritual gifts given in the one body. The church is composed...
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ΈΘΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087), _см._
1 Corinthians 12:18.
ΠΡΏΤΟΝ (G4412) _асс. sing._ во-первых,
ΔΕΎΤΕΡΟΝ (G1208) _асс. sing._ вовторых,
ΤΡΊΤΟΝ (G5154) _асс. sing._ в-третьих. Име...
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GOD HATH SET SOME, &C.— "As God hath placed some members in more
eminent stations in the body, so also some Christians in the church.
He hath placed in the first rank _Apostles,_ who are honoured with...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Maintaining the Unity of the Church_ (12-31)
_Text_
1 Corinthians 12:12-31. For as the body is one, and hath many members,
and all the members of the body, being many, are one...
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And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of
healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
SET SOME IN TH...
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13 The body of Jesus, or of the Lord, denotes His physical frame. The
body of Christ, however, is quite a distinct thought. Christ, or the
Anointed, is a title rather than a name. It suggests official...
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12:28 set (a-4) See Note, ver. 18....
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_(E) SPIRITUAL GIFTS_
In the early Church various powers, faculties, and graces were
bestowed on individual Christians by the Holy Spirit. Some of these
were distinctly miraculous, such as prophecy,...
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SERVANTS OF CHRIST
1 CORINTHIANS
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 12
*SPIRITUAL GIFTS 12:1-31
1. JESUS IS *LORD 12:1-3
V1 Now about the *Holy Spirit’s gifts, *brothers and *sisters, I do
not want to leave...
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CHAPTER 18
CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS
This Epistle is well fitted to disabuse our minds of the idea that the
primitive Church was in all respects superior to the Church of our own
day. We turn page a...
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1 Corinthians 12:21-31 _a_. § 41. THE MUTUAL DEPENDENCE OF THE BODY'S
MEMBERS. Multiformity, it has been shown, is of the essence of organic
life. But the variously endowed members, being needful to t...
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EACH CONTRIBUTING HIS PART
1 Corinthians 12:20
The hand and the foot obviously stand in need of each other; but the
same interdependence marks the feebler and humbler parts of our frame.
Indeed, it...
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Now the apostle turned from the corrective section of his letter to
the constructive as he proceeded to deal with the spiritualities which
negative the carnalities. These are those of the unifying Spi...
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Division Is Undesirable
Clearly, the facts Paul presented proved God created the body in such
a way that division is undesirable. Every member of the physical body
feels for the other members. If one...
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And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of
healings, (t) helps, (u) governments, diversities of tongues.
(t) The o...
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_First apostles, &c. Here he sets down these gifts or graces in their
order of dignity. 1. The apostles, blessed above others with all kinds
of graces. 2. Prophets, who had the gift of interpreting of...
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“And God hath set some in the Church...first apostles, secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of
healing, helps, governments, kinds of tongues.”
The phrase ἔθετο ὁ θεό...
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(27) Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. (28)
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of
heal...
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As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle
give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle
speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
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He has in the beginning of the chapter spoken of _gifts: _now he
begins to treat of _offices, _and this order it is proper that we
should carefully observe. For the Lord did not appoint ministers,
wit...
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The other branch of the truth, in reference to the assembly of God in
general and to the assemblies, is the presence and the gifts of the
Holy Ghost. These, as well as the Lord's supper, are in connec...
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AND GOD HATH SET SOME IN THE CHURCH,.... As before the apostle gives
an account of the various different gifts of the Spirit, qualifying
men for service in the church of Christ, here he enumerates the...
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And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily
prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of
healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
Ver. 28. _Diversi...
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1 Cor. 12:28. "And God hath set some in the church, first, apostles;
secondarily, prophets; thirdly, teachers; after that miracles; then
gifts of healing, helps, governments, diversities of tongues....
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_And God hath set in the church first apostles_ Who planted the gospel
in the heathen nations, being honoured with an office of the highest
distinction, and furnished with endowments peculiar to thems...
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These were different offices which God established in the churches at
first; referred to in verse 1 Corinthians 12:5.
APOSTLES; men who had seen Christ after his resurrection, and were
commissioned b...
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The spiritual meaning of the comparison:...
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The Lord's supper has been first considered, being the most important
of all gatherings, because it is for the united expression of the
affections of the saints toward Him. Now ministry toward the sai...
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DIVERSITIES:
Or, kinds...
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AND GOD HATH SET SOME IN THE CHURCH, FIRST APOSTLES, SECONDLY
PROPHETS, THIRDLY TEACHERS, THEN MIRACLES, THEN GIFTS OF HEALINGS,
HELPS, GOVERNMENTS, DIVERS KINDS OF TONGUES.
'And God hath set some i...
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27-31 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, or quarrelling with each other. The proud,
c...
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The apostle, EPHESIANS 4:11, seemeth to make a different enumeration;
there he saith: _And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers._ He mentio...
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And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly
prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of hearings,
helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues....
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
For all the other prophets preached the advent of the paternal Light,
and desired to be worthy of seeing Him whom they preached; but John
did both announce [the adv...
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1 Corinthians 12:28 And G2532 G3739 God G2316 appointed G5087 (G5639)
these G3303 in G1722 church G1577 first G4412 apostles G652 second
G1208 prophets G4396 third G5154 teachers G1320 after G1899 mir...
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SPIRITUAL GIFTS FOR THE WELL-BEING OF CHRIST AND HIS BODY
(12:1-14:33).
Paul now begins his reply to their question about spiritual gifts
('concerning spiritual things') and immediately gives an init...
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1 Corinthians 12:28. AND GOD HATH SET SOME IN THE CHURCH, FIRST (some
to be) APOSTLES, SECONDLY PROPHETS the prophets of the New Testament
(not of the Old Testament), on whose functions see on 1 Corin...
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GOD HATH SET SOME
(ους μεν εθετο ο θεος). See verse 1 Corinthians 12:18
for εθετο ο θεος. Note middle voice (for his own use). Paul
begins as if he means to say ους μεν αποστολουσ,
ους δε προφητας...
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1 Corinthians 12:1. _Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would
not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away
unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led._
Although the mem...
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CONTENTS: Spiritual gifts in the Body of Christ, for ministry and
worship.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Paul.
CONCLUSION: The Body of Christ in the world is for the service for,
and manifest...
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1 Corinthians 12:1. _Now concerning spiritual gifts,_ and gifts
promised to old men, to young men, and to handmaids, according to Joel
2:28, I would now speak, in the third part of this epistle, and
a...
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IN THE CHURCH, THEN. Nine spiritual gifts were named; nine positions
in the church are now given. GOD HAS PUT ALL IN PLACE. Compare 1
Corinthians 12:18. APOSTLES. The Twelve, plus Paul. From them all...
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_Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you
ignorant._
SPIRITUAL GIFTS
The particular gifts to which St. Paul was referring were not exactly
as a whole like anything that is to be...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1 Some Corinthian Christians
seem to have been creating divisions over spiritual gifts. Paul’s
use of the body analogy in 1 Corinthians 12:12 implies that they h...
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CHAPTER 12
SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER
In this and the two following Chapter s S. Paul discusses Christian
gifts and graces. In this chapter he points out
I. That gifts are variously distributed by the...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
1 Corinthians 12:1.—GIFTS is a translators’ supplement; right in
fact, as 1 Corinthians 12:4 show; slightly too precise in word. Almost
certainly _neuter_, and so very general, “_spi...
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EXPOSITION
1 Corinthians 12:1.—1 Corinthians 14:1.—ON SPIRITUAL GIFTS, AND
THE DANGER WHICH AROSE FROM THE ABUSE OF THE "GIFT OF TONGUES."
1 CORINTHIANS 12:1
_On spiritual gifts in general._
1 COR...
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Now concerning the spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you be
ignorant (1 Corinthians 12:1).
An interesting statement of Paul, because I think that in the church
one of the areas where the gr...
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1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 12:7; 1 Peter 5:1; 1 Timothy 5:17;
Acts 13:1; Acts 2:8; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 3:5;...
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Hath set [ε θ ε τ ο]. See on ver. 18. The middle voice implies
for His own use.
Miracles. Note the change from endowed persons to abstract gifts, and
compare the reverse order, Romans 12:6-8.
Helps...
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CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS
1 Corinthians 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. A contrast between the spiritual and the carnal in Abram and Lot
(Genesis 18:1 and Genesis 19:1).
2. A contrast between the spir...
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First apostles — Who plant the gospel in the heathen nations.
Secondly prophets — Who either foretel things to come, or speak by
extra — ordinary inspiration, for the edification of the church.
Thirdl...
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Our apostle having in the beginning of the chapter reckoned up the
divers gifts which God had variously bestowed upon the church, here in
the close of the chapter he reckons up the particular officers...