1 Corinthians 12:18-24

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 members are needed to make a body. McGarvey suggests the higher the animal was in God's creative order the more members it had with varying functions. No body would be complete if it lacked even one member. Every member depends on the others (1 Corinthians 12:18-21).

Paul went on to observe that the more essential members of the body (heart, lung, etc.) are also those members requiring the most protection and care. Also, parts that lacked physical beauty are covered with apparel, thus making them more pleasant to look upon. Some parts have no need to be adorned but add beauty to the body. Yet, those parts depend for their existence upon the less beautiful parts (1 Corinthians 12:22-24).