FIRST CORINTHIANS-CHAPTER 12: _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER 12: I. The Test For Alleged Inspiration: 1 Corinthians 12:1-3 II. The Unity Behind The Various Gifts: 1 Corinthians 12:4-7 III. The Gifts Enumerated: 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 IV. An Appeal For Unity/The Bod... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BRETHREN,. WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT. 'spiritual gifts' -their origin is God not man. Possibly their letter also contained questions on this subject also. (1 Corinthians 7:1) 'I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT' -'is. characteristic formula of Paul's which he employs... [ Continue Reading ]
YE KNOW THAT WHEN YE WERE GENTILES YE WERE LED AWAY UNTO THOSE DUMB IDOLS, HOWSOEVER YE MIGHT LED. 'that when ye were Gentiles' -i.e. before their conversion. 'when you were pagans.' (NASV) Indicating that. large portion of the Corinthian Church had come from. pagan background. (1 Corinthians 6:9-... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE. MAKE KNOWN UNTO YOU, THAT NO MAN SPEAKING IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAITH, JESUS IS ANATHEMA; AND NO MAN CAN SAY, JESUS IS LORD, BUT IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. 'Wherefore. make known unto you' -'For this reason. must impress upon you.' (NEB) Because of their past in the worship of idols, the Corin... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT. 'diversities' -'varieties' (NASV); 'Old word for distinctions, differences, distributions' (Robertson p. 168) Gifts differ, or different gifts are given to different persons. 'GIFTS' -5486. charisma khar'-is-mah; from 5483;. (divine) gratui... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF MINISTRATIONS, AND THE SAME LORD. 'diversities of ministrations' -'varieties of service.' (RSV) 'As to their purpose, they are "ministrations" intended for the service and help and strength of the church.' (Erdman p. 122)... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF WORKINGS, BUT THE SAME GOD, WHO WORKETH ALL THINGS IN ALL. 'diversities of workings' -'varieties of effects' (NASV) 'As to their effect, they are workings or operations or manifestations of divine power.' (Erdman p. 122) 'Outward manifestations and results of spiritual... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT TO EACH ONE IS GIVEN THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT TO PROFIT WITHAL. 'is given' -'to each of us is given whatever gift we have--a point that was very necessary for the instruction of the Corinthians who liked to boast about their gifts and forgot that they were given.' (Lenski p. 498) 'MANI... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR TO ONE IS GIVEN THROUGH THE SPIRIT THE WORD OF WISDOM; AND TO ANOTHER THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE, ACCORDING TO THE SAME SPIRIT: Nine forms of the manifestation of the Spirit are now mentioned. 'THE WORD OF' -indicating that this is. teaching gift. 'WISDOM' -'message of wisdom' (Ber); 'the ability... [ Continue Reading ]
TO ANOTHER FAITH, IN THE SAME SPIRIT; AND TO ANOTHER GIFTS OF HEALINGS, IN THE ONE SPIRIT; 'faith' -the faith that results in salvation comes by hearing the word of God. (Romans 10:17) It appears to me that this was. faith which was associated with miracle-working. (1 Corinthians 13:2; Matthew 17... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TO ANOTHER WORKINGS OF MIRACLES; AND TO ANOTHER PROPHECY; AND TO ANOTHER DISCERNINGS OF SPIRITS; TO ANOTHER DIVERS KINDS OF TONGUES; AND TO ANOTHER THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES: 'workings of miracles' -1411. dunamis doo'-nam-is; from 1410; force (literally or figuratively); specially, miracul... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT ALL THESE WORKETH THE ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT, DIVIDING TO EACH ONE SEVERALLY EVEN AS HE WILL. 'but all these' -i.e. all these gifts. 'WORKETH THE ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT' -note the emphasis on unity. 'So they're not given to set people apart from one another. No clubs were to be formed for p... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR AS THE BODY IS ONE, AND HATH MANY MEMBERS, AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY; SO ALSO IS CHRIST. 'For' -'The "for" with which this sentence begins indicates that what follows is intended to offer further explanation of the point made in vv. 4-11.' (Fee pp. 601-602) 'AS... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IN ONE SPIRIT WERE WE ALL BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY, WHETHER JEWS OR GREEKS, WHETHER BOND OR FREE; AND WERE ALL MADE TO DRINK OF ONE SPIRIT. 'For' -another proof of the unity purposed and intended behind the gifts. The same Spirit which bestows the gifts (1 Corinthians 12:11), is the same Spirit... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE BODY IS NOT ONE MEMBER, BUT MANY. While the body is one (1 Corinthians 12:13), it is. mistake to think that the body is composed of one member. But, by elevating the gift of tongues over all other gifts, this is precisely what some of the Corinthians were saying, i.e. the only important fun... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THE FOOT SHALL SAY, BECAUSE. AM NOT THE HAND,. AM NOT OF THE BODY; IT IS NOT THEREFORE NOT OF THE BODY.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 at least, those that didn't have the gift of tongues. Things were such in Corinth, that such people... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THE WHOLE BODY WERE AN EYE, WHERE WERE THE HEARING? IF THE WHOLE WERE HEARING, WHERE WERE THE SMELLING? 'If the whole body were an eye' -'The eye is the most wonderful organ and supremely useful, the very light of the body. And yet how grotesque it would be if there were nothing else but. great... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW HATH GOD SET THE MEMBERS EACH ONE OF THEM IN THE BODY, EVEN AS IT PLEASED HIM. 'But now' -'But as it is' (RSV); 'But as things are, in contrast to that absurdity.' (Robertson p. 172) 'HATH GOD SET' -'God has placed' (NASV) 'The emphasis is on the fact that each member is there by divine p... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF THEY WERE ALL ONE MEMBER, WHERE WERE THE BODY? Same point as found in 1 Corinthians 12:17. The very definition of the word body, demands that. "body" consist of more than one "type" of member.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW THEY ARE MANY MEMBERS, BUT ONE BODY. 'But now' -the way that God has set things up in His wisdom. (1 Corinthians 12:11) in contrast to the foolishness displayed by human thinking when it is driven by jealousy, envy, selfishness, pride and hurt feelings Verses 15-20 appealed to those who f... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE EYE CANNOT SAY TO THE HAND,. HAVE NO NEED OF THEE: OR AGAIN THE HEAD TO THE FEET,. HAVE NO NEED OF YOU. Paul's argument in the previous verses dealt with the member who wanted to be the eye. Now the reverse is dealt with. An eye that looks down upon the other members of the body. 'CANNOT'... [ Continue Reading ]
NAY, MUCH RATHER, THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BODY WHICH SEEM TO BE MORE FEEBLE ARE NECESSARY: 'Nay, much rather' -'On the contrary' (Lenski p. 528) The very opposite is true. 'It is much truer' (NASV). Paul is. man who is always interested in what is. true representation of reality. Some have scorned th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOSE PARTS OF THE BODY, WHICH WE THINK TO BE LESS HONORABLE, UPON THESE WE BESTOW MORE ABUNDANT HONOR; AND OUR UNCOMELY PARTS HAVE MORE ABUNDANT COMELINESS; 'think' -'Those with the more prominent gifts were tempted to think they didn't need the others. This is loveless conduct. In loving our... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREAS OUR COMELY PARTS HAVE NO NEED: BUT GOD TEMPERED THE BODY TOGETHER, GIVING MORE ABUNDANT HONOR TO THAT PART WHICH LACKED; 'comely parts have no need' -'while the more decorous parts (e.g., the face) do not have such need...Bodily appearances are deceiving; all the parts are necessary. which... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO SCHISM IN THE BODY; BUT THAT THE MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME CARE ONE FOR ANOTHER. 'that' -'God's purpose for creating the body in such. way that each gift depended upon the others in order to survive was that schism might not exist in the body.' (Willis p. 438) 'SCHISM'... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHETHER ONE MEMBER SUFFERETH, ALL THE MEMBERS SUFFER WITH IT; OR ONE MEMBER IS HONORED, ALL THE MEMBERS REJOICE WITH IT. 'one member suffereth' -'When. thorn..enters the heel, the whole body feels it, and is concerned: the back bends, the fore part of the body contracts itself, the hands come... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW YE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND SEVERALLY MEMBERS THEREOF. 'This sentence, which ties all the preceding pieces together, spells out what the Corinthians must have known right along, that the foregoing analogies were all about them.' (Fee p. 617) 'NOW YE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST' -'That's (the abo... [ Continue Reading ]
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 in the church' -God is responsible for the diversity of gifts and areas of service in the church. (1... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE ALL APOSTLES? ARE ALL PROPHETS? ARE ALL TEACHERS? ARE ALL WORKERS OF MIRACLES?... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE ALL GIFTS OF HEALINGS? DO ALL SPEAK WITH TONGUES? DO ALL INTERPRET? Grammatically, each question demands. negative answer. _ Point to Note:_ Even in the First Century, when the miraculous gifts were operational, all Christians didn't have the ability to heal, or speak in tongues. And yet tod... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT DESIRE EARNESTLY THE GREATER GIFTS. AND MOREOVER. MOST EXCELLENT WAY SHOW. UNTO YOU. 'desire earnestly' -'aim hard' (Ber); 'You should set your hearts on the best spiritual gifts.' (Phi) 'THE GREATER GIFTS' - _ Points to Note:_ 1. All the striving in the world would be futile for some of th... [ Continue Reading ]