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1 Corinthians 12:18 (WEB)
But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

Fathers and councils · 10

Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 88
“It was of this body that the Apostle was speaking, when he wrote, taking his metaphor from our own body, “If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing?” etc. What he wished understood by these words, he has expressed more clearly, by adding, “Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 17–21.
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Augustine of Hippo, Of Holy Virginity Chapter 26
“And yet, “God hath set the members, each one of them, in the body, as He would;” that neither the whole be an eye, nor the whole hearing, nor the whole smelling: and, whatever else there is, it hath its own property, although it have health equally with all.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 18
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Augustine of Hippo, On Continence Chapter 24
“And a little after; “God hath set,” saith he, “the members, each one of them in the body, as He willed.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 18
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 14
“Do all interpret?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 8–30.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 3
“Which also he [Paul] does in the Epistle to the Corinthians, saying, “God hath set every one of us, as it pleased Him.” ( 1 Cor. xii. 18.)” — the author cites it
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Jerome, Letters Letter 52
“Read Paul’s epistle to the Corinthians and learn how the one body is made up of different members.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 12–27.
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Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 25
““But God hath set the members in the body, every one of them, as it hath pleased Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 18, slightly varied in order.
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Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 3
“Moreover the blessed apostle also said:—God divided of the Spirit of Christ and sent it into the Prophets.” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xii. 11, 28, and Rom. xii. 36.
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.7Book V
“This, too, I may confidently say: he who has likened the unity of our body throughout its manifold and divers members to the compacting together of the various gifts of the Spirit, shows also that there is but one Lord of the human body and of the Holy Spirit.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xii. 12–30, compared with Eph. iv. 16.
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Gregory of Nyssa, The Great Catechism Chapter 30
“Looking, therefore, to their utility, to which of those parts which are deemed more honourable are these inferior?” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xii. 14–24.
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