1 Corinthians 12:1-6
OF THE USE AND PURPOSE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. All spiritual gifts from God:... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE USE AND PURPOSE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS. All spiritual gifts from God:... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW CONCERNING SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BRETHREN, I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT... [ Continue Reading ]
YE KNOW THAT YE WERE GENTILES, CARRIED AWAY UNTO THESE DUMB IDOLS, EVEN AS YE WERE LED.... [ 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE ARE DIFFERENCES OF ADMINISTRATIONS, BUT THE SAME LORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE ARE DIVERSITIES OF OPERATIONS, BUT IT IS THE SAME GOD WHICH WORKETH ALL IN ALL. Other matters might be postponed until the apostle would be able to carry out his plan of visiting Corinth, but the subject broached by him in this section must be attended to at once: But about spiritual thing... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN TO EVERY MAN TO PROFIT WITHAL.... [ Continue Reading ]
The actual working of the several gifts:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR TO ONE IS GIVEN BY THE SPIRIT THE WORD OF WISDOM; TO ANOTHER, THE WORD OF KNOWLEDGE BY THE SAME SPIRIT;... [ Continue Reading ]
TO ANOTHER, FAITH BY THE SAME SPIRIT; TO ANOTHER, THE GIFTS OF HEALING BY THE SAME SPIRIT;... [ 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT ALL THESE WORKETH THAT ONE AND THE SELFSAME SPIRIT, DIVIDING TO EVERY MAN SEVERALLY AS HE WILL. The apostle now shows how the various gifts of the Spirit, in which the congregation at Corinth was so rich, were manifested, and what purpose was to be kept in mind by them: But to each (Christian) t... [ 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The body of Christ and its members:... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE BODY IS NOT ONE MEMBER, BUT MANY.... [ 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?... [ 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?... [ Continue Reading ]
IF THE WHOLE BODY WERE AN EYE, WHERE WERE THE HEARING? IF THE WHOLE WERE HEARING, WHERE WERE THE SMELLING?... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW HATH GOD SET THE MEMBERS, EVERY ONE OF THEM, IN THE BODY AS IT HATH PLEASED HIM. The fact that the Spirit of God works in the Church through manifold gifts of grace, in various persons, and yet always to the same end, the edification of the entire body as a unit, is here illustrated by refer... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF THEY WERE ALL ONE MEMBER, WHERE WERE THE BODY?... [ Continue Reading ]
The need of all the members:... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW ARE THEY MANY MEMBERS, YET BUT ONE BODY.... [ 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
NAY, MUCH MORE THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BODY WHICH SEEM TO BE MORE FEEBLE ARE NECESSARY;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOSE MEMBERS 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. The apostle develops his argument in every direction, showing here that a number, a variety, of members and organs is necessary for the... [ Continue Reading ]
The application of the figure:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR OUR COMELY PARTS HAVE NO NEED; BUT GOD HATH, TEMPERED THE BODY TOGETHER, HAVING GIVEN MORE ABUNDANT HONOR TO THAT PART WHICH LACKED,... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO SCHISM IN THE BODY, BUT THAT THE MEMBERS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME CARE ONE FOR ANOTHER.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHETHER ONE MEMBER SUFFER, ALL THE MEMBERS SUFFER WITH IT; OR ONE MEMBER BE HONORED, ALL THE MEMBERS REJOICE WITH IT. In the covering and adorning of the dishonorable, indecorous parts of the body we do not include the seemly parts, the head and the face, unless we wish to display barbarous tend... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW YE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST AND MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
The spiritual meaning of the comparison:... [ 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE ALL APOSTLES? ARE ALL PROPHETS? ARE ALL TEACHERS? ARE ALL WORKERS OF MIRACLES?... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE ALL THE GIFTS OF HEALING? DO ALL SPEAK WITH TONGUES? DO ALL INTERPRET?... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT COVET EARNESTLY THE BEST GIFTS; AND YET SHOW I UNTO YOU A MORE EXCELLENT WAY. Beginning with v. 12, Paul had given a detailed account of the interrelation of the members and organs in the human mechanism, indicating, however, even in v. 13, that he wanted the application made in the case of the... [ Continue Reading ]