Context the body and gifts all doing their part and working together to form a workingbody. An analogy of the body of Christ (believers as a group) compared to an individual human body.
Understanding that we treat each with an agape attitude
in 12:23 from the new english translation Take special care to dress up some parts of our body. We are modest about our personal parts.
Seems obvious that some should be shielded from unbelievers (not within the flock where all are to be important and loved) and it is not the weak since that is covered in 22 and first part of 23.
So who are these??
My idea was that it would be the immature because they would damage the witness (a credability issue) by giving out either incorrect information or casting pearls b4 swine, but I can not tell and there seems to be translation difficulty because doing a word study becomes difficult with justconcordance and I cant find my vines or interliniar which makes the lexcon worthless to me SO WHO?
2006-09-27 10:30:14 · 4 answers · asked by icheeknows 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I understand your question, and if you read this chapter in another translation it will make more sense to you. Bible Gateway is an excellent site to go to in order to read the bible in many translations.
What that particular verse means is that we have parts that are presentable (an arm or leg or ear) and we have parts that are not presentable (mostly sexual in nature) but just because those parts are covered does not mean they are not important to the whole body. I have read this chapter translated in the New International Version Bible and I understand it more. Just as our bodies have both presentable and unpresentable parts does not mean that one part is no more or no less important that they other. They all have a part to play in the operation and function of our entire bodily system.
Such as the body of Christ. We are all parts of His "body". We all have a part to play, meaning we have all been giving missions for our lives. Some are more significant jobs than others but nonetheless all jobs are important in His eyes. Without us all working together, the "body" does not function at 100%.
2006-09-27 10:49:06 · answer #1 · answered by â¤??? ?å???? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians who seem to have less important functions in the body of Christ are actually indespensable. Christians should give "special honor" and support to those in the church who have ordinary gifts. Persons with more spectacular gifts do not need to be given special honor. In the body of Christ if one Christian suffers, all the Christians are affected. The ones who are stronger in their faith need to nurture the ones who are not as strong so that we may all be for the Lord together.
Hope this helped
2006-09-27 17:42:47 · answer #2 · answered by Baby girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st Corinthians 12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
Christ Gal 3:16
This body of Christ is the entire born again Christian family in Christ. This same "body" is the bride of Jesus who is the lamb of God. So the entire body of Christ who shall become the lamb's bride, needs to be kept priistine for Jesus and not mix with not believers.
2 Corinthians 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness
God does not want His Son's future bride contaminated by the darkness of the nonbeliver.
Revelation 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
2006-09-27 17:40:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means we shouldnt look down on other or think our gifts are more important than theirs esp our fellow church members
2006-09-27 17:35:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋