How does Paul illustrate the unity of the body of Christ in 1 Corinthians 12:12?
Paul illustrates the unity of Christ’s body by comparing it to a human body: one body with many members, governed by one central nervous system, one mind, and one brain. The members—fingers, toes, eyes, ears—have different functions, yet remain one body. So also is Christ, meaning His body.
Les teaches that 1 Corinthians 12:12 begins with the human body as one, controlled from head to toe by one central nervous system, one mind, and one brain. It has many members—ten fingers, ten toes, eyes, ears—and all have different functions, yet they are one. Paul then applies this: So also is Christ, referring to the body of Christ. In verse 13, Les explains that by one Holy Spirit all believers—not just a favored few or a special elite—are baptized into that one body, whether weak or strong, spiritual or carnal.
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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What is 'so also is Christ' referring to in 1 Corinthians 12:12?
When Paul says 'so also is Christ' after describing the body with many members, he is talking about the Church which is His body.