For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members have not the same office:

'not the same office' -'the same function' (NASV) 'Christians are not all intended to major in the same areas. It's right and proper to call people to function for Christ according to their ability and capacity and gifts. It is right to urge people to surrender their talents to the Master. But it isn't right to make people feel guilty because they are not exercising abilities they don't have!' (McGuiggan pp. 361-362)

'office' -4234. praxis prax'-is; from 4238; practice, i.e. (concretely) an act; by extension,. function: -deed, office, work. 'Lit., mode of acting' (Vincent p. 155). 'Task, activity' (Lenski p. 756)

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