"Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?"
The members of the church don’t just make up some nebulous cooperative body. They make up the body of Christ. This knowledge puts a new level of importance on our individually being unified members of the church. And the way that this chapter admonishes us to be unified is by recognizing that though the church is one body, it is made up of many different parts. God has given the church many different gifts, but He doesn’t give one particular gift to all people.
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