What does 1 Corinthians 12:23 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestowd more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness."
WE BESTOW MORE ABUNDANT HONOUR - Margin, “Put on.” The words rendered “abundant honor” here, refer to clothing. We bestow upon them more attention and honor then we do on the face that is deemed comel...
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)...
LESS HONOURABLE. Greek. _atimos._ See 1 Corinthians 4:10. BESTOW. Literally put around. Greek. _peritiheim._ See first occurance: Matthew 21:33. UNCOMELY. Greek. _aschemon._ Only here. COMELINESS....
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 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...
ΔΟΚΟΫ́ΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΟΚΈΩ (G1380) казаться (_см._ 1 Corinthians 12:22). Гномический _praes._ указывает на общую истину, ΆΤΙΜΌΤΕΡΑ _сотр. от_ ΆΤΙΜΟΣ (G820) непочитаемый; _сотр._ менее поч...
WHICH WE THINK TO BE LESS HONOURABLE.— It seems as if he had said, "The face, in which the image of God is particularly stamped, we leave uncovered; but as for those parts which decency or custom teac...
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...
And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. LESS HONOURABLE. "We think" th...
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...
12:23 honour, (e-16) Possibly 'less honourable.' It is a question whether the apostle is referring to the 'uncomely' parts, or to the comely ones which yet have not such a place as the face....
_(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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Need For Different Members God put different members in the body to perform specific functions. If all were the same part, even the most important, they would not have made up a body. Different m...
And those [members] of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant (q) honour; and our uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness. (q) We more carefully cov...
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...
(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...
23._Which are less honorable. _Here we have a _second _argument — that the dishonor of one member turns out to the common disgrace of the whole body, as appears from the care that we take to cover the...
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...
AND THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BODY,.... As the back parts of it: WHICH WE THINK TO BE LESS HONOURABLE; though greatly useful, UPON THESE WE BESTOW MORE ABUNDANT HONOUR; by clothing them, for a man's garm...
And those _members_ of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely _parts_ have more abundant comeliness. Ver. 23. _And those members_]...
_And the eye_ In its commanding station, and possessed as it is of light and discernment; _cannot say to the hand_ Endowed with neither of these qualities, and the mere instrument of action; _I have n...
ARE NECESSARY; the strongest and most prominent members of the body are not in all cases the most essential to human life, but often those which are more feeble and concealed. Those parts which need i...
The need of all the 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...
BESTOW: Or, put on...
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 promin...
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...
All know what those parts of the body are, which are commonly judged LESS HONOURABLE and less comely; upon these we bestow more abundant honour and comeliness, by hiding them and covering them, that t...
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;...
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh although not honourable, since "we bestow more abundant honour upon the less honourable members; "[64]...
1 Corinthians 12:23 And G2532 those G3739 body G4983 think G1380 (G5719) be G1511 (G5750) honorable G820 these G5125 bestow G4060 (G5719) greater G4055 honor G5092 and G2532 our G2257 unpresentable G8...
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 12:23. AND THOSE... WE THINK LESS HONOURABLE, UPON THESE WE BESTOW MORE ABUNDANT HONOUR in covering and care AND OUR UNCOMELY PARTS HAVE MORE ABUNDANT COMELINESS to protect them from unj...
WE BESTOW (περιτιθεμεν). Literally, We place around as if a garland (Mark 15:17) or a garment (Matthew 27:28).MORE ABUNDANT COMELINESS (ευσχημοσυνην περισσοτεραν). One need only mention the mothe...
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...
AREN'T WORTH VERY MACH. Certain parts of our bodies we hide from sight. WHICH DON'T LOOK VERY NICE. The generative organs....
_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...
Genesis 3:21; Genesis 3:7...
We bestow [π ε ρ ι τ ι θ ε μ ε ν]. Elsewhere in the New Testament the word is used, without exception, of encircling with something; either putting on clothing, as Matthew 27:28; or surrounding with a...
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...
We surround with more abundant honour — By so carefully covering them. More abundant comeliness — By the help of dress....
Still our apostle proceeds in that elegant comparison betwixt the members of the body natural and the body mystical; showing, that as there are some members in the natural body that are less honourabl...