All One Member? 1 Corinthians 12:19

Paul the apostle told the church members in Corinth, :the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of you: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you”, and in chapter twelve and verse nineteen of First Corinthians, Paul the church members to consider, “if they were all one member”, where we read:

And if they were all one member, where were the body?

The verse begins, “And if they were all one member, ...”. Paul began with the word, “and if they” which refers to “the different parts of the body” “were all” which means “were each, every, the whole and everyone” “one member” which means “one single and sole part”. Paul had the church members consider if all the “parts” of the body were as one single part.

The verse continues, “... where were the body?” Paul added the words, “where” which means “otherwise whither” “were the body” or “would be the living corpse or carcass”. Paul asked if there were only “one sole member”, how would it have a whole “body”?

When we consider these words from Paul, we see how he isolates the idea of the body being made up of more than “one member”. If there was only “one part”, there would be no “body”. Each “part” is important to the function of the whole, and this applies to the “body of Jesus Christ” as well. Each person who is a Christian is a “part” of the “whole body of Christ”, and as we consider what our “part” is, let us always be mindful that effectiveness comes from “the whole body of Christ”.

Next time Paul shares with the church members concerning, “faith” and “the gifts of healing”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

Until tomorrow…there is more…

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