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FOR AS THE BODY IS ONE - The general sentiment which the apostle had
been illustrating and enforcing was, that all the endowments which
were possessed in the church were the work of the same Holy Spir...
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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...
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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...
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THE CONFESSION OF THE SPIRIT (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)...
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Just as the body is one, although it has many members, and just as all
the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also
is Christ. For by the one Spirit we have all been baptized i...
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THAT ONE. The texts read "the".
SO ALSO, &C. = so is Christ also.
CHRIST. the Christ. App-98....
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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...
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COMPARISON OF THE UNITY OF THE BODY AND THE UNITY OF THE CHRISTIAN
CHURCH...
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12. [τοῦ ἑνός] after σώματος, rec. with DE. Text
אABCFG Vulg. Peshito.
12. ΚΑΘΆΠΕΡ ΓᾺΡ ΤῸ ΣΩ͂ΜΑ ἝΝ ἘΣΤΙΝ. This
simile is a very common one. It is used on several occasions by the
Apostle. See Romans 1...
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_MANY MEMBERS IN ONE BODY 1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-14:_ The one body is the
one church of Christ. (Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 4:4) Paul used the
human body to help us better understand the church
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ΣΏΜΑ (G4983) тело. (Об этом сравнении _см._
SBT, 235f; SPC, 165-67).
ΜΈΛΗ _nom. pl._ от ΜΈΛΟΣ (G3196) член,
ΌΝΤΑ _praes. part. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть.
Уступите...
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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...
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APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS
_Maintaining the Unity of the Church_ (12-31)
_Text_
1 Corinthians 12:12-31. For as the body is one, and hath many members,
and all the members of the body, being many, are one...
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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
n...
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21 The phrase..the Lord's _ supper_ " is misleading. Supper denotes an
_ evening _ meal, but the word here employed has no such significance,
though its first observance was at night. The word denotes...
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_(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, t...
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ARE] i.e. constitute one body. SO ALSO _is_ CHRIST] Christ is regarded
here as the personality whose body is the Church. He is so closely
connected with the Church that He is almost identified with it...
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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 leav...
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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...
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“The one Spirit,” the leading thought of § 39, suggests the
similitude of “the body” for the Church (called in ch. 3 the
_tillage, building, temple_ of God), since this is the seat of His
multifarious...
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§ 40. THE ONE BODY, OF MANY MEMBERS. The manifold graces, ministries,
workings (1 Corinthians 12:4 ff.), that proceed from the action of the
Holy Spirit in the Christian community, stand not only in c...
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MANY MEMBERS IN ONE BODY
1 Corinthians 12:12
The use of gifts must never be dictated by personal ambition or the
desire for selfish gain. As every member of the physical body is
united to the head by...
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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...
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The Unity of the Body
There is but one body. That body is the church. Paul told the Ephesian
brethren, "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called
in one hope of your calling." Earlier...
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(7) For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members
of that one body, being many, are one body: (8) so also [is] (m)
Christ.
(7) He sets forth his former saying by a similitude take...
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As the body is one, &c. From this comparison of the mystical body of
Christ, that is, of his Church, to a man's natural body, he brings
excellent instructions. 1. That as all members and parts, make u...
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“For as the body is one, and hath many members, but all the members
of the body, being many, are one body: so is it with the Christ.”
The apostle has just stated a Divine fact, which is the secret of...
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2. THE UNITY OF SPIRITUAL FORCES IN THEIR DIVERSITY. VERS. 4-12.
The first and most profound diversity which strikes the mind as it
contemplates the display of Divine power within the Church, is the
d...
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(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...
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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...
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12._For as the body is one _He now derives a similitude from the human
body, which he makes use of also in Romans 12:4; but it is for a
different purpose, as I have already stated above. In that passa...
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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...
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FOR AS THE BODY IS ONE,.... That is, an human body; for of this the
apostle speaks, and takes a simile, and forms a comparison from,
showing the union among saints, and their mutual participation of t...
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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.
Ver. 12. _So also is Christ_] Mystical Christ, the Church. Christ t...
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_For as the_ human _body is one, and_ yet _hath many members_ For
different offices; _and all the members_, though many, constitute but
_one body_ United in one well-regulated system; _so also is Chri...
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SO ALSO IS CHRIST; the head of his spiritual body the church. All its
members, like the different members of the human body, are united to
one head, and should be, by mutual sympathy and affection, un...
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The body of Christ and its members:...
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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....
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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...
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FOR AS THE BODY IS ONE, AND HATH MANY MEMBERS, AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF
THE BODY, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY; SO ALSO IS CHRIST.
'For' -'The "for" with which this sentence begins indicates that what
fol...
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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...
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For as it is in the body natural, the integral parts, or members of
it, are MANY, yet _the body is_ but _one; _ so it is in the spiritual
body, the church, which is that mystical body of which Christ...
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For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of
the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. [Paul here
strikes a fatal blow at that pride which animated those who held...
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1 Clement
Let us take our body for an example.[162]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I
The divine apostle writes accordingly respecting us: "For now we see
as through a glass; "[218]
Tertullian...
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1 Corinthians 12:12 For G1063 as G2509 body G4983 is G2076 (G5748) one
G1520 and G2532 has G2192 ...
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'For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of
the body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.'
Paul here likens Christ and His people to a body with its many
different p...
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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 initi...
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1 Corinthians 12:12. FOR AS THE BODY IS ONE, AND HATH MANY MEMBERS,
AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY, [1] BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY; SO ALSO
IS CHRIST who with the Church is an organic whole.
[1] The r...
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SO ALSO IS CHRIST
(ουτως κα ο Χριστος). One would naturally expect Paul
here to say ουτως κα το σωμα του Χριστου (so
also is the body of Christ). He will later call Christ the Head of the
Body the C...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 12:12. _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. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one b...
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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 manifesta...
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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...
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CHRIST IS LIKE A SINGLE BODY. Paul uses the example of the human body
to show the nature of Christ (and his church). The point is _variety
in unity._ Diversification of function makes possible human l...
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_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...
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_For as the body is one, and hath many members … so also is Christ._
OF THE GREAT VARIETY OF MEN’S CHARACTERS IN THE CHURCH
The law of variety in unity obtains--
I. In nature.
1. No two leaves of t...
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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
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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...
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_For as the body is one._. _. so also is Christ._ As an animal body is
one, as a man has but one body, so also has Christ one body, the
Church, the members of which are many, whose head He is.
1. But...
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_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, “_spir...
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EXPOSITION
1 Corinthians 12:1.—1 Corinthians 14:1.—ON SPIRITUAL GIFTS, AND
THE DANGER WHICH AROSE FROM THE
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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 gre...
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1 Corinthians 10:17; 1 Corinthians 12:27; Colossians 1:18; Colossians
1:24;...
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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
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So is Christ — That is, the body of Christ, the church....
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Here our apostle acquaints us that the intent and design of God in
giving these various gifts, was the profit and edification of his
church, which he compares to. body that has many members; for thoug...