ACC ~ Romans 12 v4

ONE BODY. ORIGEN: One person gives all his energy to the wisdom of God and the teaching of the Word; he is the eye of the whole body. Another, as we said above, looks after the needs of the brethren and of the poor; he is the hand of the holy body. Another is an attentive listener to the Word of God; he is the ear of the body. Another is busy admonishing the slack, comforting the suffering and aiding those in need; he is without any doubt called the foot of the body of the church. Each of these has his special task, but none can function properly without the others. COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.

MEMBERS NEED EACH OTHER. AMBROSIASTER: By using the example of the body, Paul teaches that it is impossible for any one of us to do everything on our own, for we are members of each other and need one another. For this reason we ought to behave toward one another with care, because we need each other’s gifts. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

MANY MEMBERS HAVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. CHRYSOSTOM: Paul says not that one person received more and another less of God’s gifts but only that they are different. We all have different functions, but the body is one and the same. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 21.

THE HARMONY OF VARIED BODILY FUNCTIONS. PELAGIUS: Paul exhorts them to live in harmony by comparing them with the body, in case they are not roused by the fact that they have received different gifts. For as individuals they could not have had all the gifts, for then they might have become proud. … Nor could they all have the same gift, for then the likeness of the body of Christ would not be present among us. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

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