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Verse 1 Corinthians 12:15. _IF THE FOOT SHALL SAY_, c.] As all the
members of the body are necessarily dependent on each other, and
minister to the general support of the system, so is it in the Churc...
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IF THE FOOT SHALL SAY ... - The same figure and illustration which
Paul here uses occurs also in pagan writers. It occurs in the apologue
which was used by Menenius Agrippa, as related by Livy (lib. 2...
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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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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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THE CONFESSION OF THE SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)...
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IF. App-118.
THE. a.
OF. App-104.
THEREFORE. on account of (Greek. _para_. App-104.) this....
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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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_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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ΕΊΠΗ _aor. conj. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить.
_Conj._ с ΈΆΝ (G1437) в _conj._ 3 типа, которое
предполагает возможность уеловия. ΌΤ
потому что.
ΠΑΡΆ ΤΟΎΤΟ из-за этого, наряду с этим,
насчет этого,...
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IS IT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY?— _It is not_ for that reason _no
part of the body._ Bengelius and Wetstein....
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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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If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the
body; is it therefore not of the body?
The humble ought not to disparage themselves, or to be disparaged by
others more noble (1 Co...
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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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A warning against being envious of others' gifts, negligent of our
own. IS IT THEREFORE NOT OF THE body?] RV 'it is not therefore not of
the body'; it does not on this account cease to belong to it....
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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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IS IT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY? — Better, _It is not on that
account not of the body;_ and so omit the note of interrogation in the
subsequent passages of these verses also. The illustration is almos...
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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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§ 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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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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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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(10) If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the
body; is it therefore not of the body?
(10) Now he builds his doctrine upon the foundations which he has
laid: and first of all h...
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_If the foot, &c. By this comparison St. Paul teaches the Corinthians,
that as all cannot exercise the same functions in the Church, so no
one should be envious of his brother; but that by their mutua...
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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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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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(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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15.This is a bringing out still farther _( _ ἐπεξεργασία
_) _of the preceding statement, or in other words, an exposition of
it, with some amplification, with the view of placing in a clearer
light, w...
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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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IF THE FOOT SHALL SAY,.... The lowest member of the body, which is
nearest the earth, treads upon it, sustains the whole weight of the
body, and performs the more drudging and fatiguing exercises of
s...
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If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the
body; is it therefore not of the body?
Ver. 15. _If the foot should say, &c._] Inferiors must not envy those
above them, but be conte...
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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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IF THE FOOT SHALL SAY, BECAUSE I AM NOT THE HAND, I AM NOT OF THE
BODY, IS IT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY?...
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The body of Christ and its members:...
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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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IF THE FOOT SHALL SAY, BECAUSE. AM NOT THE HAND,. AM NOT OF THE BODY;
IT IS NOT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY....
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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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Ver. 15,16. It should seem by these expressions, that one great cause
of those divisions, which the apostle had charged the church of
Corinth with, was their difference in _gifts, administrations, _ a...
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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....
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1 Corinthians 12:15 If G1437 foot G4228 say G2036 (G5632) Because
G3754 am G1510 (G5748) not G3756 ha
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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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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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1 Corinthians 12:15. IF THE FOOT SHALL SAY, BECAUSE I AM NOT THE HAND,
I AM NOT OF THE BODY; IS IT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY? [1]
[1] Some excellent critics read this and the following questions
affir...
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IF THE FOOT SHALL SAY
(εαν ειπη ο πους). Condition of third class (εαν and
second aorist subjunctive ειπη). In case the foot say.I AM NOT OF
THE BODY
(ουκ ειμ εκ του σωματος). I am independent of...
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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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IF THE FOOT WERE TO SAY. If the foot complains because it must walk in
the dust and dirt, it doesn't _change_ anything because it grumbles....
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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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_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
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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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2 Kings 14:9; Judges 9:8...
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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 foot is elegantly introduced as speaking of the hand; the ear, of
the eye; each, of a part that has some resemblance to it. So among men
each is apt to compare himself with those whose gifts some...