Berean BlueApp preview

Albert Barnes on 1 Corinthians 12:17

Notes on the New Testament. Browse this work.

1 Corinthians12:17

If the whole body, etc. The idea in this verse is, that all the parts of the body are useful in their proper place, and that it would be as absurd to require or expect that all the members of the church should have the same endowments, as it would be to attempt to make the body all eye. If all were the same, if all had the same endowments, important offices which are now secured by the other members would be unknown. All, therefore, are to be satisfied with their allotment; all are to be honoured in their appropriate place.

Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament, 1 Corinthians 12:17. Public domain.

Permanent link. Source edition.

Read 1 Corinthians 12. Compare commentaries on this chapter.

Source and publication rights

Public domain. Public Domain. Source edition.

Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.