1 Corinthians 12:14

For the body is not one member,.... Not only one; nor is anyone member the body, though ever so eminent, as the head or eye: thus the church of Christ is not one person only, or does not consist of…

For the body ... - The body is made up of many members, which have various offices. So it is in the church. We are to expect the same variety there; and we are not to presume either that all will be…

For the body is not one member - The mystical body, the Church, as well as the natural body, is composed of many members.

The apostle here makes out the truth of what was above asserted, and puts the gifted men among the Corinthians in mind of their duty, by comparing the church of Christ to a human body.

I. By telling…

For the body is not one member, but many The same leading idea is kept in view the diversity of functions, offices, gifts, but the unity of the body. No more complete or apposite illustration could be…