Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:5
5. One body in the faith and atoning mercy of Christ. One of another Each belonged not only to the whole, but each to the other; since the good order or disorder of one limb affects every other limb. We have here a sight of the organic arrangements of the Roman Church as it existed before a later providential expediency had crystallized it into permanent form, and before the apostle had ever overseen it. The official and charismatic are so blended that while there are unity, and form, and... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Romans 12:4
4. One body The same effective image of the Church as a body is filly expanded into particulars in 1 Corinthians 12:12-31. The point illustrated here is the quiet and due performance of his appropriate duty by each and every member in his place. read more