1 Corinthians 12:27

Now ye are the body of Christ, and members individually. And

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26And so if one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

28God appointed some in the church to be, in the first place, apostles, in the second place, prophets, in the third place, teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, those of helping and of governing, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles?

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so we, though many, form one body in Christ, and each of us is a member of it in common with the rest.

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

Ephesians 4:12for the perfecting of the saints for the work of ministration, for the building up of the body of Christ;

Ephesians 5:30for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf 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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