1 CORINTHIANS 12:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.”
But in fact, God has placed each part in the body, just as he wanted them to be — God (ho theos) has arranged (tithēmi) the members according to his will and wisdom, not human preference; this is radical: your particular gift is God's deliberate placement, not your achievement or the body's democratic choice.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:18
“But now God has set the members each one of them in the body, even as it pleased Him.” Even as he said of the Spirit, “as He will,” so also here, “as it pleased Him.” Now do not thou seek further into the cause, why it is thus and why not thus. For though we have ten thousand reasons to give, we shall not be so able to show them that it is well done, as when we say, that as the best Artificer pleased, so it came to pass. For as it is expedient, so He wills it. Now if in…
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