Considers the case of spiritual gifts, which were very plentifully poured out on the Corinthian church. 1 Corinthians 12:27, KJV: "Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular." The church needs people to assume a broad range of volunteer offices. 17ff.). 1. In other words, the pain of other Christians should be our pain. They had hired me to do grunt work—unloading steel rebar and using an ordinary shovel. 1 Corinthians 12:4, ESV: "Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;" 1 Corinthians 12:4, KJV: "Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit." “Discern the body” could simply mean recognizing the bread as the body of Christ. • In 1 Corinthians 10:17, he says, “Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.”. 2-16) and abuses at the Lord’s Supper (vv. You might be able to “play through the pain,” but you will be conscious of the pain. 2 Ihr wisst: Als ihr Heiden wart, zog es euch mit Macht zu den stummen Götzen. Watch Queue Queue. Love, on the other hand, is something to which every Christian is called—the sine qua non—”that without which, nothing”) of Christian character. Therefore, when Paul says, “we were all baptized into one body,” he could be talking about being immersed in water, in the Spirit, or a combination of the two. Korinther 13,12 Ich habe ein großes Bedürfnis danach, die Welt zu verstehen. A comparison of several gifts with each other, in the 1 Corinthians 14:1. fourteenth chapter. 19If they were all one member, where would the body be? Do all speak with various languages? 3 Darum tue ich euch kund, dass niemand, der durch den Geist Gottes redet, sagt: Verflucht sei Jesus. 2 Ihr wisst, dass ihr, als ihr Heiden wart - wie ihr da, [gleichsam] fortgerissen, zu den … *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Professor Emeritus of New Testament and Greek, A resource for the whole church from Luther Seminary. Das Hohelied der Liebe (1 Kor 13) 13,1 Wenn ich in den Sprachen der Menschen und Engel redete, hätte aber die Liebe nicht, wäre ich dröhnendes Erz oder eine lärmende Pauke. These are rhetorical questions that expect the answer, “No, of course not!”. Peter calls us to rid ourselves “all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking” (1 Peter 2:1). 1 Corinthians 12:28-31 [10] (28) And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues. He seems to continue answering issues raised in a previous letter from the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 7:1). AS THE BODY IS ONE, AND HAS MANY MEMBERS AS THE BODY IS ONE, AND HAS MANY MEMBERS 12 For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. Second, they authenticated Jesus’ ministry. Watch Queue Queue However, we should tread lightly. Sadly, we sometimes do feel envious when someone else gets the promotion—or when someone else’s child graduates with honors—or when the choir director chooses someone else to sing the solo—etc., etc. It would be significant alone to underscore that the body is composed of many parts and each part has an important function. Today we might say “black and white” or “Russian and American.”. If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?” (v. 17). In one final appeal he addresses his hearers and us directly. The word “for” connects this verse with verses 1-11. But this modesty does not mean that people do not care about their private parts. All of this belongs to God’s purpose from the beginning. [Walter J Hollenweger] In verses 12-13, as he sets up his metaphor, he emphasizes the unity of Christ’s body. This is the application of the foregoing allegory, which the apostle is thought by some to have formed on our Lord’s words, Matthew 25:35-45. etc. The gifts of tongues and prophecy and knowledge and faith have no meaning unless they are undergirded with love (13:1-2). The Spirit allotted these gifts for the cause of Christ and the edification of the church—not so that one believer can lord it over other believers, claiming superior gifts. 1 Corinthians 12:27, ESV: "Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it." 12:1-11). First, they alleviated suffering. 15If the foot would say, “Because I’m not the hand, I’m not part of the body,” it is not therefore not part of the body. Je mehr Informationen aber täglich auf mich einströmen, umso mehr wird mir auch deutlich, was ich alles noch nicht weiß. 1 Corinthians 12:14-31 New International Version (NIV) 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. 17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? It is not in accord with God’s will. The church is largely made up of low people and horrible sinners. Their envy was caustic. 1 (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006), Farris, Stephen, in Van Harn, Roger (ed. It is one of the products of false teaching (1 Timothy 6:2, 4). We, the church, are the body of Christ, and the things he said in verses 14-26 apply to the church as well as to our physical bodies. Unity and Diversity in the Body. Korinther 12, 12-31 (German Edition) Here instead a different point is being made by the focus on the conviction that “God has arranged the members of the body, each one of them, as he chose.” The implications of this conviction are asserted finally in the key culminating insight belonging the gift of oneness of the Christian community: “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it” (12:26). It couldn’t do anything but hear. This video is unavailable. 1 Corinthians 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39; 1 Corinthians 14:5 Or in other languages; also in verses 6, 18, 22, 23 and 39; 1 Corinthians 14:16 The Greek word for inquirer is a technical term for someone not fully initiated into a religion; also in verses 23 and 24. How could such a person hear? 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even men who wear tank top shirts to show off their rippling muscles in the weight room tend to behave with modesty in the locker room. And those who thought themselves to be less gifted were envious of those who seemed to be more gifted. Likewise, B and B’ are parallel, emphasizing the many members of the body. 12 Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. In chapters 12-14, Paul deals with the issue of spiritual gifts. 1 Korinther 12:31 Legen alle aus? Paul did. Romans 12:3-8 – Gifts passage. He then demonstrated the meaning of baptizo by dropping the egg into the glass, submerging it in water, and saying, “That is baptizo.”. So it is (or should be) when members of the body of Christ are honored. Rather than celebrating one another’s gifts, the Corinthian Christians have become prideful concerning their particular gifts and dismissive of the gifts of others. 30 (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1985), Cousar, Charles B., in Brueggemann, Walter; Cousar, Charles B.; Gaventa, Beverly R.; and Newsome, James D., Texts for Preaching: A Lectionary Commentary Based on the NRSV—Year C (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1994), Donaldson, Terence, L., “Apostle,” in (Sakenfeld, Katharine Doob (ed. Kor 11,2-3 Heilung 2. Von Herzen für Alle und Alles gestaltet und gesprochen von Marija Hardenberg Ein Text von Paulus zum Dahinschmelzen. Get this from a library! 1. ), which the WEB has updated. The apostles were also known for teaching (Acts 5:21-28). Der erste Brief an die Korinther, Kapitel 12. The “just as” indicates that a comparison is being made by way of illustration. Sacrificial generosity has no meaning unless it is motivated by love (13:3). 1. 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