1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ, and parts like any part.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

26And so, if one part suffers anything, all the parts suffer with it. Or, if one part finds glory, all the parts rejoice with it.

28And indeed, God has established a certain order in the Church: first Apostles, second Prophets, third Teachers, next miracle-workers, and then the grace of healing, of helping others, of governing, of different kinds of languages, and of the interpretation of words.

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.

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

Ephesians 4:12for the sake of the perfection of the saints, by the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ,

Ephesians 5:30For we are a part of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.

Colossians 1:24For now I rejoice in my passion on your behalf, and I complete in my flesh the things that are lacking in the Passion of Christ, for the sake of 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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