The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:21
I have no need of thee. A rebuke to the pride of those who thought their own gifts to be exclusively valuable. read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:21
Respect is better than contempt. In previous verses the apostle has expostulated with those in lowly stations and with inferior gifts who give way to the temptation to repine because of what is their own and to envy the higher position and the larger gifts of others. In this verse he exemplifies his justice and impartiality, rebuking those who despise such as are beneath them in mental or spiritual endowments. I. PRIDE FOLLOWS UPON FORGETFULNESS OF THE DIVINE SOURCE OF... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:21
Mutual service. These words indicate, not only the principles that ought to govern the Church of Christ, but also the Divine order and law of all human society. The New Testament Church, like the ancient Jewish commonwealth, bears a representative character. We have to regard it, not only as a spiritual fellowship distinct from the world, united by a different bond, ruled by different laws, inspired by a different spirit, living a different life, advancing to a different destiny, but also... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye cannot say unto the hand ... - The hand in its place is as needful as the eye; and the feet as the head. Nay, the eye and the head could not perform their appropriate functions, or would be in a great measure useless but for the aid of the hands and feet. Each is useful in its proper place. So in the church. Those that are most talented and most richly endowed with gifts, cannot say to those less so, that there is no need of their aid. All are useful in their place. Nay, those who... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 12:21-23
1 Corinthians 12:21-23. And the eye In its commanding station, and possessed as it is of light and discernment; cannot say to the hand Endowed with neither of these qualities, and the mere instrument of action; I have no need of thee For by the hand the whole body is maintained and fed, and the eye itself preserved and defended. Nor again the head Elevated as it is, and so admirably furnished with all the nerves and organs planted in it, cannot say to the feet The most distant and... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
Unity in spite of many gifts (12:12-31)The human body is made up of many parts, all with different functions, yet there is a basic unity throughout the body. So it is in the church which is Christ’s body. All believers, without distinction, are introduced into and united in that body through the baptism of the Spirit. The same Spirit dwells within each one (12-13).Many parts make up the body, and all are necessary for its proper functioning. Those without more obvious gifts should not think... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 12:21
cannot = is not (Greek. ou) able to. unto = to. no . App-105 . read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:21
21. The higher cannot dispense with the lower members. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 12:4-31
2. The need for varieties of spiritual gifts 12:4-31Paul planned to return to the subject of glossolalia (ch. 14), but first he wanted to talk more generally about spiritual gifts. In the verses that follow he dealt with differences in gifts in the church."Having given the negative and positive criterion of genuine spiritual endowments as manifested in speech, the Apostle goes on to point out the essential oneness of these very varied gifts." [Note: Robertson and Plummer, p. 262.] Diversity,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
The Church compared to a body and its members. read more