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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 the various gifts of the Spirit; for an human body is but one body, and not more. And hath many members; as eyes, ears, hands, feet, c]. And all the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. That, is to say, Christ visible—the Church of Christ. We are members of his mystical body. He is the Head; but all who are quickened by the Spirit of God are one with him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. Oh, what a sacred oneness that is which subsists between...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For by one Spirit are we all baptized,.... This is to be understood not of water baptism; for the apostle says not in one, and the same water, but "by", or "in" one Spirit, are we all baptized; the baptism of water, and of the Spirit, are two different things; see Matthew 3:11. Besides, all that are baptized in water, are not baptized in or by the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. By the way in which some people act, you might almost imagine that the body was one member, and that the one member was a tongue; but it is not...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For the body is not one member,.... Not only one; nor is anyone member the body, though ever so eminent, as the head or eye: thus the church of Christ is not one person only, or does not consist of one sort of persons; as only of Jews, or only of Gentiles, or only of rich and freemen, or only of men of extraordinary gifts and abilities, or greatly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? Do not get comparing yourself with others, and saying, “Ah! if I were such-and-such a person, I might then think myself to be part of Christ’s body.” No, you might not; if you were just like him. As...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If the foot shall say,.... The lowest member of the body, which is nearest the earth, treads upon it, sustains the whole weight of the body, and performs the more drudging and fatiguing exercises of standing and walking; and may represent one that is in the lowest station in the church, a doorkeeper in the house of God; one that is really the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? Where are you, dear child of God, who are in the position of the foot? Have you been comparing yourself with some eminent Christian, who did much in his Master’s service; and have you sorrowfully asked, “Why can not I do what he did? I am only...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if the ear shall say,.... The organ that receives sounds, and can distinguish them, and in which member is placed the sense of hearing; and may design such as are hearers of the word of God, not merely externally, but internally; who hear so as to love, savour, and relish it; so as to understand and believe it, and to act in compliance with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? Oh, by no means! The ear has its proper purpose to fulfill; it is designed for a special service in the body, which no other member can render. We must never compare ourselves among ourselves, and wish to be somebody else. You are bad enough...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If we were all preachers, if we could all see into God’s truth, and set it forth in a public manner, where should we get our congregations?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If the whole body were an eye,.... And nothing else, where were the hearing? there would be no ear, and so no sense of hearing: and if the whole were hearing: or only consisted of a member capable of the sense of hearing, where were the smelling? there would be no nose, the organ of smelling, and that sense would be wanting: thus if the church...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. That is the best rule for each part of our body: “as it hath pleased him.” Could any of you suggest a better place for your eyes than where they are? We...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? There must be different members to fill different offices. If we were all so one that there was no distinction whatever, if we were all of one rank, all of one age, all of one standing, the body would be incomplete.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But now hath God set the members,.... The members of a natural body, as they are all made and fashioned by God in the form they be, so they are each of them set by him in the place they are: everyone of them in the body as it hath pleased him; according to his sovereign will, without consulting any; and each stands in the best situation and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. Brethren, you sometimes think there are...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And if they were all one member,.... As all eye, or all ear, or all hand, or all foot: where were the body? where would be the body? it would not be a body consisting of such proper and suitable members, as now it is: so if the community of the saints were either all ministers, or all hearers, c. there would be no body, consisting of different...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And if they were all one member, where were the body? There would be no body at all
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But now are they many members,.... Of different make and shape, in different parts and places, and of different use and service: yet but one body; all are united together, and make up one complete body, and which without each of them would not be perfect: so there are many members in the body of Christ, the church; some are teachers, others are...