Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. This is the second subject for correction in the Corinthian assemblies: the 'first' was discussed, 1 Cor This is the second subject for correction in the Corinthian assemblies: the 'first' was discussed, 1 Corinthians 11:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. THAT YE WERE. (Ephesians 2:11) So B G f. But 'Aleph (') A C Delta g, Vulgate, read 'that WHEN ye were:' thus "ye were" must be supplied. "Ye were" blindly "carried away" at the will of your false guides. TH... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Negative and positive tests of inspiration by the Spirit-the rejection or confession of Jesus' Lordship, not the possession... [ Continue Reading ]
Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. DIVERSITIES OF GIFTS - i:e., the one Spirit is refracted into various spiritual endowments unique to the several members (); some altogether superhuman, as tongues, healing, etc.; others based on natural capabilities. SAME SPIRIT - the Holy... [ Continue Reading ]
And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. ADMINISTRATIONS (the various functions and services of those having the "gifts" of ; cf. ), and "operations" (the effects resulting from both) are the same things viewed in a different aspect. They are "gifts" of the same Spirit of... [ Continue Reading ]
And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. OPERATIONS - (cf. .) SAME GOD WHICH WORKETH - by His Spirit working (). ALL IN ALL - all of the "gifts" in all the persons who possess them.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. BUT. Though all the gifts flow from the one God, Lord, and Spirit, the "manifestation" by which the Spirit, though hidden in Himself, acts, varies in each. TO EVERY MAN - to each of the church members severally. TO PRO... [ Continue Reading ]
For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; TO ONE Class I: [ hoo (G3757) men (G3303)] gifts of intellect-namely: (1) wisdom; (2) to another individual [ alloo (G243)], knowledge. TO ANOTHER Class II: [ heteroo (G2087)] - to a di... [ Continue Reading ]
To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; FAITH - not of doctrines, but confidence in God, by the impulse of His Spirit, that He would enable them to perform any required miracle (cf. ; ; ). Its principle is the same as that of saving faith-reliance... [ Continue Reading ]
To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: WORKING OF MIRACLES, Since 'healings' are miracles, those meant must be miracles of extraordinary POWER. Healings might be effec... [ Continue Reading ]
But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. AS HE WILL (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 nature (Romans 12:4). As the body's many members compose an organic whole, and none can be dispensed... [ Continue Reading ]
For the body is not one member, but many. Translate, For the body also.' The analogy of the body, not consisting exclusively of one, but of many members, illustrates the mutual dependence of the various members in the one church. Menenius Agrippa's fable of the belly and the members to the secedi... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Corinthians 12:21). FOOT ... HAND. The humble speaks of the more honourable member which most nearly... [ Continue Reading ]
_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?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? Superior as the eye is, it would not do if it were the sole member.... [ Continue Reading ]
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. NOW - as the case really is. EVERY ONE - each severally.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if they were all one member, where were the body? WHERE WERE THE BODY? - which necessarily "hath many members" (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
But now are they many members, yet but one body. NOW - as the case really is; in contrast to the supposition (: cf. ). MANY MEMBERS - mutually dependent.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. The higher cannot dispense with the lower.... [ Continue Reading ]
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: MORE FEEBLE - more susceptible of injury; e. g., the brain, belly, eye. Their very feebleness, so far from doing away with the need for them, calls forth our greater care for their preservation, as being felt... [ Continue Reading ]
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" the feet and the belly "less honourable," though not really so. BESTOW ... HONOUR - putting shoes on... [ Continue Reading ]
For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: TEMPERED ... TOGETHER - by mutual compensation. TO THAT PART WHICH LACKED - to the less honoured part () --... [ Continue Reading ]
That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. NO SCHISM - (cf. ) - no disunion, referring to the "divisions," . CARE ONE FOR ANOTHER - in behalf of one another.... [ Continue Reading ]
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. AND-ACCORDINGLY-ALL ... SUFFER WITH IT. 'When a thorn enters the heel, the whole body feels and is concerned-the back bends, the belly and thighs contract, the hands come fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR - i:e. severally members of it. Each church is in miniature what the whole aggregate of churches is collectively - "the body of Christ" (cf. ): its individual components are members, every one in his place.... [ Continue Reading ]
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. SET SOME IN THE CHURCH - as he has "set the members ... in the body" (1 Corinthians 12:18). FIRST APOSTLES - abov... [ Continue Reading ]
Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? ARE ALL ... ? Surely not.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HAVE ALL THE GIFTS OF HEALING? DO ALL SPEAK WITH TONGUES? DO ALL INTERPRET?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. COVET EARNESTLY, [ zeeloute (G2206)] - 'emulously desire;' not with discontented 'coveting.' The Spirit 'divides to every man severally as He will' (1 Corinthians 12:11). This does not prevent our earnestly seeking,... [ Continue Reading ]