As
Paul the apostle continued to share with the church members in
Corinth concerning the different parts of the body, he asked , “if
they were all one member, where were the body?”,
and in
chapter twelve and verse twenty of First Corinthians, Paul shared how
there are, “many
members … but one body”,
where we read:
The
verse begins, “But
now are they
many members, ...”. Paul
began with the word, “but”
which is a disassociation conjunction that means what is about to be
written takes precedence over what was just stated “now”
which means “at this time and in the present” “are
they” which
means “the parts of the body” “many
members”
or “much and large amounts of parts”. Paul stated that there are
“many parts” that belong to the “body”.
The
verse goes on to say, “...yet
but one body.” Paul
continued with the words, “yet but”
which means
“”moreover and “one body”
or “a single and sole living corpse or carcass ”. Paul concluded
that all the parts, though many of them, make up “one single body”.
When
we consider these words from Paul, we see how he desires to
demonstrate for the church members in Corinth how all the parts of
the body make up “one sole body”, and the individual “members”
of the “body” combine together to form the whole. Such is the
case with the “church of Jesus” which is made of “many”
different people and “gifts” and yet still comprises “one sole
and single body of Christ”.
Next
time Paul shares with the church members whether “the
eye cannot say unto the hand,
I have no
need of you”,
so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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