1 Corinthians 12:27

Now ye are the body of Christ, and body-parts individually.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

In Context

26And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together, or one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together.

28And in the church God has placed men who are first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so we, the many, are one body in Christ, and each one body-parts of each other.

1 Corinthians 12:14For the body also is not one part, but many.

Ephesians 4:12for the perfecting of the sanctified, for the work of ministry, for edification of the body of the Christ.

Ephesians 5:30because we are parts of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.

Colossians 1:24I now rejoice in sufferings for you, and make complete in my flesh things lacking of the afflictions of the Christ for his body, which is the church.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:13-27

Union Recommended. ( a. d. 57.) 12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 14 For the body is not one member, but many. 15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? 16 And if the ear shall say, Because… Read the whole commentary →

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