Romans Chapter 12 Vs. 5

 

Gifts of Grace

So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. Rom 12:5

So we, being... Paul here compares the body of Christ to a human body (1Cor. 12:12-28).

Eph. 5:30: “For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.”

We can see how important it is for us to be in one accord in the church. If we are one body as the Scripture says, then when we tear at someone else in the church we are tearing up the body.

As Paul explained, a parallelism exists between a believer’s physical body which has parts with differing functions and the community of believers in Christ as a spiritual body (cf. 1Cor. 12:12-27; Eph. 4:11-12, 4:15-16). The point is that each member functions to serve the body, not the body to serve the members. The diversity of the many accompanies the unity of the body. Therefore it is important to think soundly about oneself and to evaluate properly God’s gifts and their uses.