1 CORINTHIANS 12:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:”
On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable — Paul startles with a reversal: the members seeming asthenes (weak) are not dispensable but anagkaios (necessary, indispensable); the body's true logic inverts worldly assessment of strength and honor.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:22
Having checked the envy of those in lower rank, and having taken off the dejection which it was likely that they would feel from greater gifts having been vouchsafed to others, he humbles also the pride of these latter who had received the greater gifts. He had done the same indeed in his discourse also with the former. For the statement that it was a gift and not an achievement was intended to declare this. But now he does it again even more vehemently, dwelling on the same…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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