1 Corinthians 12:27

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

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

26And if one part is suffering, every other part suffers with it; or if one part is receiving special honor, every other part shares in the joy.

28And by God's appointment there are in the Church--first Apostles, secondly Prophets, thirdly teachers. Then come miraculous powers, and then ability to cure diseases or render loving service, or powers of organization, or varieties of the gift of `tongues.'

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Cross References

Romans 12:5so collectively we form one body in Christ, while individually we are linked to one another as its members.

1 Corinthians 12:14For the human body does not consist of one part, but of many.

Ephesians 4:12in order fully to equip His people for the work of serving--for the building up of Christ's body--

Ephesians 5:30because we are, as it were, parts of His Body.

Colossians 1:24Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, 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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