1 Corinthians 12:12
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the one body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
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In Context
11but all these worketh the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each one severally even as he will.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:17seeing that we, who are many, are one bread, one body: for we all partake of the one bread.
Galatians 3:16Now to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
Ephesians 4:4There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;
Ephesians 4:15but speaking truth in love, may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ;
Ephesians 5:30because we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church;
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 12:2-12
On Spiritual Gifts. ( a. d. 57.) 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are… Read the whole commentary →