1 Corinthians 1:10, Perfectly Joined Together

1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

The believers in Corinthians are called to unity in Jesus Christ, putting on the mind and living out the life of Christ that is in them. The body of Christ shall have that perfect unity with each functioning as Christ’s agent of righteousness and love to the honour and glory of God.

The phrase “perfectly joined together” is one word in Greek which means “to put a thing in its appropriate condition, to establish, set up, equip, arrange, prepare, mend.” Let the body be what Christ has intended it to be. MacArthur said well, “In our individual minds and among ourselves, we are to be one in beliefs, standards, attitudes, and principles of spiritual living.”

It is not an impossibility but a realistic entreaty as each seek to put on the mind of Christ. The Apostle Paul elaborates this text when he writes in Philippians 2:1-5 “If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, 2 Fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.“

May the life of Christ be diffused into His body so that the members as many are one, striving for the faith of the gospel to the glory of His Name. Amen.