1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ, and every one of you the separate parts of it.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

26And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.

28And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

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Cross References

Romans 12:5So we, though we are a number of persons, are one body in Christ, and are dependent on one another;

1 Corinthians 12:14For the body is not one part, but a number of parts.

Ephesians 4:12For the training of the saints as servants in the church, for the building up of the body of Christ:

Ephesians 5:30Because we are parts of his body.

Colossians 1:24Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, 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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