1 Corinthians 12:25

25 In that way, the parts of the body will not take sides. All of them will take care of each other.

1 Corinthians 12:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 12:25

That there should be no schism in the body.
&c.] No complaint of one member against another, as useless and unnecessary; no murmuring on that account; no tumults and rioting; no rebellion and insurrection of one against another; no dissension, no division. The use Menenius F5 Agrippa made of this simile, applying it to the body politic, as the apostle here does to the spiritual body, for the appeasing of a sedition among the people; is well known, and usually mentioned by interpreters on this place: but that the members should have the same care one for another;
that is, they are so tempered and mixed together, are in such close union with, and have such a dependence on each other, that they are necessarily obliged to take care of each other's good and welfare, because they cannot do one without another; and so God has ordered it in the church, that persons should be so placed in it, and gifts disposed of among them in such a manner, that every man is obliged, not only to look on, and be concerned for his own things, that he takes care of himself, and performs his office, but that he looks every man on the things of others, his good and safety being involved in theirs.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 Liv. Hist. l. p. 43.

1 Corinthians 12:25 In-Context

23 The parts that we think are less important we treat with special honor. The private parts aren't shown. But they are treated with special care.
24 The parts that can be shown don't need special care. But God has joined together all the parts of the body. And he has given more honor to the parts that didn't have any.
25 In that way, the parts of the body will not take sides. All of them will take care of each other.
26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it. If one part is honored, every part shares in its joy.
27 You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it.
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