27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. Ver. 27. Now ye are, &c. ] St Cyprian’s sympathy is remarkable, Cum singulis pectus meum copulo, moeroris et funeris pondera luctuosa participo; Cum plangentibus plango, cum deflentibus defleo. Hereby he showed himself a living member. read more
1 Corinthians 12:12, 1 Corinthians 12:14-Proverbs :, Romans 12:5, Ephesians 1:23, Ephesians 4:12, Ephesians 5:23, Ephesians 5:30, Colossians 1:24 Reciprocal: Exodus 36:10 - General John 13:34 - That ye love John 15:5 - vine Acts 22:8 - whom Romans 12:4 - General 1 Corinthians 1:30 - in 1 Corinthians 6:15 - your 1 Corinthians 10:17 - we being Galatians 3:16 - which Ephesians 3:6 - the same read more
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.Now ye — Corinthians.Are the body and members of Christ — part of them, I mean, not the whole body. read more
c. Of this figurative body, the Church is the literal counterpart, 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 . 27. Now ye, the Corinthian Church, are the literal of this body, being as ye are the body of Christ. read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 12:27
1 Corinthians 12:27Niw ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.The body of ChristI. True Christians, as the body of Christ, manifest His personal presence among men. In Christ incarnate “God was manifest in the flesh.” Just as really is Christ manifest in His Church.II. The body of Christ reveals the mind of Christ. So closely do body and mind correspond, that the mind sometimes fashions the body to its own character. Essential characteristics, if not every thought and feeling, are... read more