1 Corinthians 12:27

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

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

28And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that workers of miracles, then those with gifts of healing, helpers, administrators, and those who speak in different tongues.

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Cross References

Romans 12:5So we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually are members one of another.

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

Ephesians 4:12For the equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ:

Ephesians 5:30Because we are members of his body.

Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh that which is lacking in the afflictions of Christ for his body's sake, 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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