哥林多前书 12:27-29 Cunpss
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:1-31
The Christly assembly. "Now concerning spiritual gifts," etc. All throughout this chapter refers to the Christly assembly. I use this word in preference to the word "Church," for what are now called Churches are not always assemblages of genuine Christians. Overlooking the more minute parts of this remarkable chapter, and taking a broad glance at the whole, there are three important subjects very suggestive and capable of amplification, which are discoverable. These are that every member... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:1-31
Spiritual gifts. A transition occurs here to a class of topics most important and interesting, since they involve the character and glory of the new dispensation. It was the special economy of the Holy Ghost which St. Paul was now to consider. All along we have had an insight into mistakes and disorders, into disputes and wranglings and, at times, into shameful vices. A quarter of a century had little more than passed since Christ ascended to the throne of the Father as the God Man of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:12-27
The body of Christ. A striking figure. Christians are not separate, unrelated units; they are compacted together and form one whole, which is "the body of Christ." Of this body Christ is the Head ( Colossians 2:19 )—the central controlling and directing Power, and each believer is some member of the body. In this passage the apostle is speaking of the members of the body rather than of the Head—of Christians rather than directly of Christ. Note— I. THE NUMBER AND VARIETY OF ... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:12-31
The Church compared to a body and its members. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:27
Ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular . Each Church is a sort of microcosm of the whole Church. St. Paul does not mean that the Corinthian Church is a member in the body of all the Churches, but that each Corinthian Christian is a member of the Church. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:27
Body and members. At Corinth there was much of the spirit of self assertion: "I," said one, "am for Paul!" "I," said another, "for Apollos!" "I," said a third, "for Cephas!" This was a selfish partisanship; and with it was conjoined a disposition on the part of many to magnify their own gifts and powers and to depreciate those of their neighbours and fellow members. To all this the apostle furnishes the true corrective. Let Christians but regard themselves in the true light, as Christ's... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:27
The Church Christ's body. Recall our Lord's own figure of the vine. The branches are the body through which the vine life finds its expression. Compare the human body which our Lord took upon him in his incarnation, which was the means of showing the Son of God to men, and setting him in relation with men, with the Church body which our Lord took when he ascended from this world, and became a living and spiritual Christ, which is the means of showing Christ to men now, and... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:28
Hath set; rather, appointed. First apostles. Apart from the twelve ( Luke 6:13 ) and Paul and Barnabas, the name was in a lower sense extended to leading and eminent Christians, especially to those who had taken part in founding or ruling Churches ( Romans 16:7 ). Prophets . Wise spiritual preachers. It is instructive to note that St. Paul places the gifts of wisdom and knowledge which these preachers require above those which we are apt to regard as exclusively miraculous. The... read more
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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:29
Verse 29 29.Are all Apostles ? It may indeed have happened, that one individual was endowed with many gifts, and sustained two of the offices which he has enumerated; nor was there in this any inconsistency. Paul’s object, however, is to show in the first place, that no one has such a fullness in everything as to have a sufficiency within himself, and not require the aid of others; and secondly, that offices as well as gifts are distributed in such a manner that no one member constitutes the... read more