1Cor 12:25 | RWP | e4.org | That there should be no schism ( ινα μη η σχισμα ). Purpose of God in his plan for the body. Trouble in one organ affects the whole body. A headache may be due to trouble elsewhere and usually is. Have the same care ( το αυτο μεριμνωσιν ). The very verb μεριμναω used by Jesus of our anxiety ( , ). Paul here personifies the parts of the body as if each one is anxious for the others. The modern knowledge of the billions of cells in the body co-working for the whole confirms Paul's argument.

‏ 1 Corinthians 12:25

That there should be no schism ( ινα μη η σχισμα ). Purpose of God in his plan for the body. Trouble in one organ affects the whole body. A headache may be due to trouble elsewhere and usually is.

Have the same care ( το αυτο μεριμνωσιν ). The very verb μεριμναω used by Jesus of our anxiety (Mt 6:27, 31). Paul here personifies the parts of the body as if each one is anxious for the others. The modern knowledge of the billions of cells in the body co-working for the whole confirms Paul's argument.