1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

28God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another,

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

Ephesians 4:12for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

Ephesians 5:30because we are members of his body, of his flesh and 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 assembly,

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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