1 CORINTHIANS 12:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.”
So that there should be no division (schisma) in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other — Paul's purpose clause reveals the theological goal: the body's arrangement prevents schism and creates isopsychos (equal-minded, mutual concern); the dignity given to humble members is for the sake of the body's unity and mutual love.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 12:25
“That there should be no schism in the body.” Now if He tempered it together, He did not suffer that which is more uncomely to appear. For that which is mingled becomes one thing, and it does not appear what it was before: since otherwise we could not say that it was tempered. And see how he continually hastens by the defects, saying, “that which lacked.” He said not, “to that which is dishonorable,” “to that which is unseemly,” but, to that which lacked, (“that which…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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