1 Corinthians 12:27

Now ye are the body of Christ,.... Not his natural body, which his Father prepared for him, in which he bore our sins on the tree, and which was offered up once for all; nor his sacramental body, or…

Now ye - Ye Christians of Corinth, as a part of the whole church that has been redeemed. Are the body of Christ - The allusion to the human body is here kept up. As all the members of the human body…

Now ye are the body of Christ - The apostle, having finished his apologue, comes to his application.

As the members in the human body, so the different members of the mystical body of Christ. All are…

I. Here the apostle sums up the argument, and applies this similitude to the church of Christ, concerning which observe,

1. The relation wherein Christians stand to Christ and one another. The church,…

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular We here return to the proposition of 1Co 12:12-13, rendered more definite and intelligible by what has since been said. The Apostle now says…