What does 1 Corinthians 12:13 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles,c whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit."
Verse 1 Corinthians 12:13. _FOR BY ONE SPIRIT ARE WE ALL BAPTIZED_, c.] As the body of man, though composed of many members, is informed and influenced by one soul so the Church of Christ, which is hi...
FOR BY ONE SPIRIT - That is, by the agency or operation of the same Spirit, the Holy Spirit, we have been united into one body. The idea here is the same as that presented above 1 Corinthians 12:7, 1...
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...
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...
THE CONFESSION OF THE SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)...
ARE. were. BAPTIZED. App-115. It is the Lord who baptizes in _pneuma hagion._ See John 1:33. Note that "by" is "in" (Greek. _en)_ and "Spirit" has no art. INTO. App-104. GENTILES. Greeks. BOND. sl...
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...
COMPARISON OF THE UNITY OF THE BODY AND THE UNITY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH...
_MANY MEMBERS IN ONE BODY 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-14:_ The one body is the one church of Christ. (Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:4) Paul used the human body to help us better understand the church. The ch...
ΚΑΊ ΓΆΡ (G1473; G3956) ибо даже, и, даже (BD, 236). ΗΜΕΊΣ ΠΆΝΤΕΣ все мы. Павел включает себя в число верующих (_см._ Samuel Byrskog, "Co-Senders, Co-Authors and Paul's Use of the First Person Plural...
DISCOURSE: 1983 CHRISTIANS ONE IN HEART 1 Corinthians 12:13. _By one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to dr...
FOR BY ONE SPIRIT, &C.— "For all of us, who are endued with the gifts and graces of one and the self-same Spirit, (_1 Corinthians 12:11_.) are thereby incorporated into one spiritual body, according t...
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...
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. Unity, not unvarying uniformity, is the law of God in grace as in n...
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...
12:13 of] (b-6) Or 'For also by,' _ en_ ....
_(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,...
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...
FOR. — Here follows an illustrative proof of the former statement. The human body is composed of many members, and so also is the spiritual body of Christ, which is His Church. TO DRINK INTO ONE SPIR...
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...
§ 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...
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...
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...
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...
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into (n) one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to (o) drink into one Spirit. (n) To become one body wi...
“And indeed, by being baptized by one Spirit, we have all become one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free.” The καὶ γάρ, _and indeed_, relates to the last words of the foregoing verse:...
(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...
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...
13._For we are all baptized by one Spirit. _Here there is a proof brought forward from the effect of baptism. _“We _are,” says he, _“engrafted _by baptism into Christ’s body, so that we are by a mutua...
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...
FOR BY ONE SPIRIT ARE WE ALL BAPTIZED,.... This is to be understood not of water baptism; for the apostle says not in one, and the same water, but "by", or "in" one Spirit, are we all baptized; the ba...
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether _we be_ Jews or Gentiles, whether _we be_ bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. Ver. 13. _For by one Spirit, &c._...
_For as the_ human _body is one, and_ yet _hath many members_ For different offices; _and all the members_, though many, constitute but _one body_ United in one well-regulated system; _so also is Chri...
BY ONE SPIRIT; the Holy Ghost. TO DRINK INTO ONE SPIRIT; or, to drink of one Spirit. By his operation on our hearts, we become united in spirit to Christ the head and to one another as members of his...
The body of Christ and its members:...
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...
GENTILES: _ Gr._ Greeks...
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...
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...
The apostle proveth the oneness of the church, as the body of Christ, from the same sacraments of the New Testament instituted for all Christians, and wherein they jointly partake. He saith, we are BA...
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. [Paul here proves the unity of the church by the method of...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philippians since "we have been called in one hope of our calling."[17] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I And again he writes in another place: "For by one spir...
1 Corinthians 12:13 For G1063 G2532 by G1722 one G1520 Spirit G4151 we G2249 were G907 all G3956 baptized G907 (G5681) into G1519 one G1520 whether G1535 Jews G2453 or G1535 Greeks G1672 whether G1535...
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...
1 Corinthians 12:13. FOR IN (OR ‘BY') ONE SPIRIT WERE WE ALL BAPTISED INTO ONE BODY... AND WERE ALL MADE TO DRINK OF [1] ONE SPIRIT. The figure of “drinking” of the Spirit may have been suggested by t...
WERE WE ALL BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY (ημεις παντες εις εν σωμα εβαπτισθημεν). First aorist passive indicative of βαπτιζω and so a reference to a definite past event with each of them of different rac...
1 Corinthians 12:13 Regenerating Baptism. As there is one Holy Ghost, so there is one only visible body of Christians which Almighty God "knows by name" and one baptism which admits men into it. Thi...
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...
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...
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...
IN THE SAME WAY. That the body is the sum of all the parts. HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO THE ONE BODY. The point is, that in spite of our differences of race, nationality, and social status, we all become...
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:2; 1 Corinthians 7:21; 1 Corinthians 7:22; 1 Peter 3:21; Acts 1:5; Colossians 1:27; Colossians 2:11; Colossians 2:12; Colossians 3:11;...
Made to drink [ε π ο τ ι σ θ η μ ε ν]. The verb means originally to give to drink, from which comes the sense of to water or irrigate. The former is invariably the sense in the gospels and Revelation;...
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...
For by that one Spirit, which we received in baptism, we are all united in one body. Whether Jews or gentiles — Who are at the greatest distance from each other by nature. Whether slaves or freemen —...