1 Corinthians 12:27

But you are the body of Christ and members one of another.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26And if one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; if one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.

28Whom God has, indeed, also placed in the church, first apostles, then prophets, then teachers, then dynamites, then gifts of healings, helps, leaderships, kinds of tongues.

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Cross References

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

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

Ephesians 4:12unto the perfection of the saints, in the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ:

Ephesians 5:30because we are members of his body:

Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in 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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