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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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Just as the body is one, although it has many members, and just as all
the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also
is Christ. For by the one Spirit we have all been baptized i...
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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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_MANY DIVERSE MEMBERS UNITED 1 CORINTHIANS 12:15-26:_ There is nothing
more diverse and nothing more united than the body. The imaginary
conversations between the various parts of the body make this p...
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ΕΪΠΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить
(_см._ 1 Corinthians 12:15).
ΟΥΣ (G3775) ухо....
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BUTLER'S COMMENTS
SECTION 3
Sagaciousness of Diversity (1 Corinthians 12:12-26)
12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the
members of the body, though many, are one body, so i...
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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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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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_(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, t...
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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 leav...
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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 12:15-16 represent with lively fancy the _foot_ and
_ear_ in turn organs of activity and intelligence as disclaiming their
part in the body, because they have not the powers of the _hand...
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§ 40. THE ONE BODY, OF MANY MEMBERS. The manifold graces, ministries,
workings (1 Corinthians 12:4 ff.), that proceed from the action of the
Holy Spirit in the Christian community, stand not only in c...
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MANY MEMBERS IN ONE BODY
1 Corinthians 12:12
The use of gifts must never be dictated by personal ambition or the
desire for selfish gain. As every member of the physical body is
united to the head by...
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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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The Unity of the Body
There is but one body. That body is the church. Paul told the Ephesian
brethren, "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called
in one hope of your calling." Earlier...
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The object of this exposition is manifest. The Corinthians were
disposed to exaggerate the value of certain gifts, which, from their
extraordinary character, were fitted to strike the senses, in
parti...
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“If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the
body; is it not, in spite of that, of the body? 16. If the ear shall
say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it not,...
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(12) For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the
members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
(13) For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether...
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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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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 IF THE EAR SHALL SAY,.... The organ that receives sounds, and can
distinguish them, and in which member is placed the sense of hearing;
and may design such as are hearers of the word of God, not m...
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And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the
body; is it therefore not of the body?
Ver. 16. _If the ear_] A man had better be blind, lame, dumb, than
deaf; because by the ear...
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_For the body is not one member, but many_ All of which are necessary,
that the various sorts of offices belonging to the body may be all
performed: thus there must be different gifts and offices in t...
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The body of Christ and its members:...
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AND IF THE EAR SHALL SAY, BECAUSE I AM NOT THE EYE, I AM NOT OF THE
BODY, IS IT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY?...
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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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AND IF THE EAR SHALL SAY, BECAUSE. AM NOT THE EYE,. AM NOT OF THE
BODY; IT IS NOT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY.
_ Points to Note:_
1. It appears that these verses are directed towards the ungifted, or...
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12-26 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 institution; it is a sign of the new birth, and is cal...
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SEE POOLE ON "1 CORINTHIANS 12:15...
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And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the
body; it is not therefore not of the body. [This passage exposes the
folly of those who were belittling themselves in the presence o...
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1 Corinthians 12:16 And G2532 if G1437 ear G3775 say G2036 (G5632)
Because G3754 am G1510 ...
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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 initi...
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'For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say,
"Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body", it is not therefore
not of the body. And if the ear shall say, "Because I am not th...
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Points explained precisely as in verse 1 Corinthians 12:15....
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1 Corinthians 12:12. _For as the body is one, and hath 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 b...
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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 manifesta...
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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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AND IF THE EAR WERE TO SAY. Again complaining doesn't _change_
anything, because the _fact_ of its function is still the same!
[_Bengelius_ thinks the _foot_ symbolizes the common people in the
church...
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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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FOR BY ONE SPIRIT WE ARE ALL BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY.
OF UNION WITH CHRIST
Consider--
I. How Christ’s redemption is applied to a sinner. By uniting the
sinner to Christ (1 Corinthians 1:30). Men must...
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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
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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, “_spir...
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EXPOSITION
1 Corinthians 12:1.—1 Corinthians 14:1.—ON SPIRITUAL GIFTS, AND
THE DANGER WHICH AROSE FROM THE
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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 gre...
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1 Corinthians 12:16; 1 Corinthians 12:22; Philippians 2:3; Romans
12:10;...
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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
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The ear — A less noble part. The eye — The most noble....