1 CORINTHIANS 12:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But now are they many members, yet but one body.”
As it is, there are many parts, but one body — Paul concludes the body logic: the actual situation is polyphony, many members in one soma, which is precisely what creates the living, functioning body of Christ.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:20
“And if they were all one member, where were the body?” “But now are they many members, but one body.” Thus having silenced them sufficiently by God's own arrangement, again he states reasons. And he neither does this always nor that, but alternates and varies his discourse. Since on the one hand, he who merely silences, confounds the hearer, and he, on the contrary, who accustoms him to demand reasons for all things, injures him in the matter of faith; for this cause then…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!