Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:18
Hath God set the members ... - God has formed the body, with its various members, as he saw would best conduce to the harmony and usefulness of all. read more
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Albert Barnes
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 12:14-20
1 Corinthians 12:14-20. For the body is not one member, but many All of which are necessary, that the various sorts of offices belonging to the body may be all performed: thus there must be different gifts and offices in the church of Christ, which all conduce to the advantage and perfection of the whole. If the foot One of inferior gifts and place; shall say, Because I am not the hand Do not appear in a more honourable place, and have not a more important office; I am not of the body ... 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 12:18
hath. Omit. set . Same word us "ordain" in John 15:16 . every = each. as it hath, &c . = as He pleased, or purposed. App-102 . Compare 1 Corinthians 15:38 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:18
But now hath God set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? But now are they many members, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.As it pleased him ... God made people different, each person being unique; and there were never two "equal" people on earth. This may displease man, but it pleased God, that being His holy purpose so... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 12:18
18. now—as the case really is. every one—each severally. 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
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 12:15-26
The application of the figure 12:15-26Paul proceeded to spell out the implications of his analogy. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 12:18
Paul again stressed God’s sovereignty in placing each member in the body as He has chosen in this verse. We need to discover how God has gifted us and to become as effective as possible where He has placed us. We should concentrate on using the abilities we have received rather than longing to be different or insisting on doing things that God has not gifted us to do (cf. 1 Corinthians 7:26-27)."Whenever we begin to think about our own importance in the Christian Church, the possibility of... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 12:18
As it hath pleased him . Not arbitrarily, but in furtherance of one wise and beneficent design, so that each may be honoured and indispensable, and therefore contented in its own sphere. read more