...evidence of this we shall find, I think, remarkably distinct. In Romans xii. 4, etc., we first find it. " For, as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office, so, we being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another....

...above what he ought to be ; but to be wise unto sobriety, as God hath dealt to each a measure of faith. For as in one body we have many members, and * all the members have not the same office ; so we, the many, 5 are one body in Christ, and every one members one of...

...the Church of Christ to the most worthy and noble thing on earth, often uses this similitude thus : ' As in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office, we being many, form the body of the Church, of which Christ is the head,...

...In Rom. xii. 3 — 5 all is briefer, but the ideas are essentially the same. The central verse is, "As in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office (action), so we the many are one body in Christ, and severally members one...

...him think modestly of himself, as God hath distributed to each one his measure of faith. For, even as in one body we have many members, and all the members have not the same office, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of...

...estimate of himself according to the degree of faith which God has apportioned to each. For just as in our one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same functions, so we, though many, are one body in Christ and we are each members one with another. We...

...the figure of a body: "you are the body of Christ and individually members of it" (I Cor. 12: 27); "we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another" (Rom. 12: 5). The figure is used principally to describe the interrelation of Christians in community, each...

...have used to augment his argument that the church is only in the body of Christ would be Romans 12:5: "...so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another." The church is totally dependent on Christ. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the...

...To be in Christ, as we have seen, means to be in Christ with others. Paul says in Romans 12:4 and 5, "For as in one body we have many members, and all...Christ, and individually members one of another." The figure of the body and its members tells us that we must not just see Christ in ourselves; we must...

...the measure of faith which God has imparted to him. *For even as we have in one body many members but all the members do not have the same function, 'so we, though we are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members of one another. 'But, having gifts differing...