For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
For х hoti (G3754)] 'Because' (1 Corinthians 6:15) Christ nourisheth and cherisheth the Church 'Because we are For х hoti (G3754)] - 'Because' (1 Corinthians 6:15). Christ nourisheth and cherisheth the Church, 'Because we are members of His body (His literal glorified body), being OF х ek (G1537) tees (G3588) sarkos (G4561), being formed out of] His flesh and of His bones,' not merely of His mystical body, the Church (Ellicott) (Genesis 2:23-24). Adam's deep sleep, wherein Eve was formed out of his opened side, is emblematic of Christ's death which was the birth of the Spouse, the Church. John 12:24; John 19:34-35, to which fact Ephesians 5:25-27 allude, as implying atonement by His blood, and sanctification by the "water," answering to that which flowed from His side (cf. John 7:38-39; 1 Corinthians 6:11). As Adam gave Eve a new name х 'ishah (G802)], "woman," from 'iysh (G376), "man," signifying her formation from him, so Christ, Revelation 2:17; Revelation 3:12; Genesis 2:21; Genesis 2:23-24, puts the bones first, because the reference there is to the natural structure.
But Paul is referring to the flesh of Christ. It is not our bones and flesh, but "we," that are spiritually propagated (in soul and spirit now, and in the body hereafter, regenerated) from Christ's glorified manhood, which has flesh and bones (Luke 24:39). This existed in God's purpose from everlasting (John 6:53). A B 'Aleph ('), Coptic, omit 'of His flesh and of His bones:' the words perhaps crept into the text, through the margin, from Genesis 2:23; Septuagint C Delta G f g, Irenaeus, 294, the old Latin and Vulgate versions, have them. Our real (spiritual) being is as actually 'a true native extract from His own body' (Hooker) as was the physical derivation of Eve from Adam. 'Our union with the Deity rests in our mystical union with Christ's humanity, which is personally united with His divine nature, which is essentially united with God the Father' (Waterland in Ellicott, who adds, 'in the sacraments we are made and continued members of Christ's body, of His flesh and of His bones'). But if material sacraments were the only means of union with Christ's humanity, what hope would there be for the thief on the cross? What hope for Quakers?