Daily Bible Nugget #751, 1 Corinthians 12:26

The Nugget:

1Co 12:26  And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

My Comment:

This verse was quoted by the United States President yesterday in support of a movement he favors but which the Bible does not.

Beware when politicians piously quote Scripture when they themselves demonstrate they know nothing about the Bible but stand and act against it and those who believe it.

Even demons know the truth about Jesus, and spoke the truth about Him, but Jesus “suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ” (Luke 4:41).

Luke 4:41
41  And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
King James Version

Psalms 50:16
16  But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
King James Version

I would remind Bible reading, Bible studying Christians never to be fooled into supporting unbiblical causes (2 Chronicles 19:2) by those who misquote the Bible in support of them.

Using 1 Corinthians 12:26 in the manner the President did violated the rule of immediate context, as is immediately evident when considering the connection it has with the verse before and after it:

1Co 12:25  That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
1Co 12:26  And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1Co 12:27  Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

The verse (1 Corinthians 12:26) concerns the care (Romans 15:7) members of the body of Christ are to have for one another.

Using 1 Corinthians 12:26 to promote support for a so-called “gay pride month” directly violates what Paul taught in the very same letter at 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10, where Paul wrote that anyone who participates in this abominable life style will never inherit the Kingdom of God:

1Co 6:9  Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
1Co 6:10  Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. (KJV)

More  plainly in modern English:

1Co 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals,
1Co 6:10 thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. (NET Bible)

There are no genuine Christians who practice this lifestyle. They have been delivered from this evil by the power of the Gospel of Christ, by the power of the blood of Christ, and by the power of the Holy Spirit in their life:

1Co 6:11 Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (NET Bible)

To access this power to escape this evil, spend time enough (no less than 20 minutes a day) often enough (no less than four days a week, according to modern research) reading, studying, and re-reading the New Testament for yourself, asking God to open your eyes to see the truth, asking God to open your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ, and asking God to renew your mind to cleanse it from all unrighteousness.