16And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
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For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-26)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 us that one body may have many members, and that the many members of the same body make but one body (1 Cor. 12:12): As the body is one, and hath many members, and all members of that one body, being m…
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