Epiphany Season · Third Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C
1 Corinthians 12:12-30 or 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27
One Body with Many Members
January 23, 2028
Overview & Insights
"Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it." (1 Corinthians 12:27)
Paul compares the church to a human body made of many different parts, each necessary and none able to claim independence from the rest. God has arranged the members so that there is no division, and if one part suffers or is honored, every part shares in it.
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Commentary
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Working Preacher
Luther Seminary commentary on the body of Christ as a Christ-shaped way of living together, not just an organism metaphor.
1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on Paul's image of interdependent body parts as instruction for congregational life.
1 Corinthians 12 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse by verse reading of the body's many members and their mutual need for each other.
1 Corinthians 12:12 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregated classic commentary on the body being one though it has many members.
1 Corinthians 12 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight
Barnes' Notes verse by verse on the body's parts and their care for one another.
1 Corinthians 12 - Gill's Exposition StudyLight
Gill's Exposition verse by verse on the same image of one body and many members.
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