Paul
the apostle told the church members in Corinth how he and they,
“bestow more abundant honor” … to
“those members of the body, which we
think to be less honorable”,
and in chapter twelve and verse
twenty-four of First Corinthians, Paul shared with the Corinthian
church about the, “more
abundant honor to that part which lacked”,
where we read:
For
our comely parts
have no need: but God has tempered the body together,
having
given more abundant honor to that part
which lacked:
The
verse begins, “For
our comely parts
have no need: but God has tempered the body together, ...”.
Paul began
with the word, “For”
which means “even as, indeed, no doubt, verily and therefore “our
comely parts”
which means “our elegant, shapely, graceful, honorable and
respectable” “have no need” which
means “do not have necessity, duty and business”:
“but”
which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be
written takes precedence over what was just state “God”
which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised
of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “has
tempered”
or “mixed together, commingled and united” “the
body” which
means “the living corpse or carcass” “together”
or “with
one another”. Paul declared the “beautiful” parts of “the
body” have
no need to be “honored”,
however “God”
has combined all the “parts” together within the “body”.
The
verse continues, “... having
given more abundant honor to that part
which lacked:” Paul
added the words, “having given”
which means
“having granted, supplied, furnished and delivered” “more
abundant”
or “exceeding, over and above, superadded and supreme” “honor”
which means
“value, deference and reverence” “to
that part”
or “toward the portion or member” “which
lacked”
which means “fell short, came behind and was inferior in influence
and rank”. God has insured “greater value” to the “parts”
of the “body”
which are inferior and “fall short” of the others.
When
we meditate upon these words from Paul, we see how God is involved in
the “body” composition. He not only give “honor” to
the more notable “parts” of the “body”, but gives great value
to the “parts” that are less esteemed. The church is Jesus
Christ's “body” on earth, and God has made each and every
“member” within it to be “honored”, and
wherever we find ourselves in the “body of Christ”, let us
remember, God often gives “more abundant honor” to those
“parts” that seem “less in rank”.
Next
time Paul shares with the church members concerning, “no
schism in the body”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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