What analogy does Paul use in 1 Corinthians 12 for the body of Christ?
Paul compares the body of Christ to the human body. It is put together with many members and various functions, like fingers and toes, yet all are under one central nervous system, centered in the head or brain. So also is the body of Christ.
Les explains that when we get into 1 Corinthians 12, Paul makes the analogy that the body of Christ is put together like the human body. The human body has various functions and members, such as fingers and toes, but it is still under one central nervous system. Everything is centered in the head, in our brain. In the same way, the body of Christ is pictured as one unified body with many members.
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.
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