Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
So also is Christ (outwv kai o Xristov). One would naturally expect Paul here to say outwv kai to swma tou Xristou (so also is the body of Christ). He will later call Christ the Head of the Body the Church as in Colossians 1:18, Colossians 1:24; Ephesians 5:23, Ephesians 5:30. Aristotle had used swma of the state as the body politic. What Paul here means is Christ as the Head of the Church has a body composed of the members who have varied gifts and functions like the different members of the human body. They are all vitally connected with the Head of the body and with each other. This idea he now elaborates in a remarkable manner.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 12:12:
1 Corinthians 10:17
Colossians 1:18
James 3:5
1 Peter 3:13
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