Body Of Christ

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

from whom all the body, being fitted and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in measure of each individual part, makes the body increase to the building up of itself in love.

He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function, — read the full passage →

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.

so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit.

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ;

which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

If I speak with the languages of men and of angels, but don’t have love, I have become sounding brass, or a clanging cymbal. — read the full passage →

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. — read the full passage →

God 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.

Now 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;

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant.

Now concerning spiritual things, brothers, I don’t want you to be ignorant. — read the full passage →

because we are members of his body, of his flesh and bones.

Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be!

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, — read the full passage →

Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. — read the full passage →

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, — read the full passage →

which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, — read the full passage →

But now they are many members, but one body.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; — read the full passage →

But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as he desired.

He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; — read the full passage →

Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.

For even as we have many members in one body, and all the members don’t have the same function,

Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually. — read the full passage →

that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,

Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision”, (in the flesh, made by hands); — read the full passage →

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.

Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. — read the full passage →

Above all these things, walk in love, which is the bond of perfection. — read the full passage →

Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshiping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body. — read the full passage →

But to each one of us was the grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,

Don’t you know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! — read the full passage →

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment. — read the full passage →

having predestined us for adoption as children through Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his desire,

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

and not holding firmly to the Head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and ligaments, grows with God’s growth.

For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy way eats and drinks judgment to himself, if he doesn’t discern the Lord’s body.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ;

I speak as to wise men. Judge what I say. — read the full passage →

Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

But the one and the same Spirit works all of these, distributing to each one separately as he desires.

Don’t you know that you are a temple of God, and that God’s Spirit lives in you?

until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hadeswill not prevail against it.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

For the body is not one member, but many.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

not of works, that no one would boast.

For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ. — read the full passage →

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; — read the full passage →

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith; — read the full passage →

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful. — read the full passage →

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.

But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the profit of all.

Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.

The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ? — read the full passage →

But brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers!

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, — read the full passage →

Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.

For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. — read the full passage →

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him? — read the full passage →

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, — read the full passage →

As many as walk by this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on God’s Israel.

For to one is given through the Spirit the word of wisdom, and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit;