1 Corinthians 12:24-26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For our comely and graceful parts have no need Of being so adorned, as they appear to greater advantage uncovered; but God hath tempered the body together Συνεκερασε, hath attempered and united in just proportions the several parts thereof; having given To such as are naturally weak and without beauty; more abundant honour Through their greater efficacy in the nourishment and preservation of the body, and by causing them to be cared for and served by the noblest parts. That there should be no schism in the body No division of separate interests; but that the members should have the same care one for another As being each an important part of the whole. And whether one member suffer, all the members In consequence of their close union with, and dependance on each other, should suffer with it As losing the assistance of the disabled member, and concerned to remove the cause of its suffering. Or one member be honoured Clothed and gratified; all the members should rejoice with it Deriving advantage from its welfare, and the ornament of one part being looked upon as that of the whole. “By comparing schism in the church to schism in the body, we are taught that it consists in a natural want of affection in some of the members toward their fellow-members, whereby contentions and animosities are produced. Further, by showing that the members of the body are so united as to be necessary to each other's existence, the apostle hath taught us that there should be no envy nor strife among the disciples of Christ; but that each, by the right exercise of his proper gift, should assist his neighbour, and rejoice when his welfare is promoted.”