Body of Christ
Paul's primary metaphor for the church — a living organism with Christ as the head and believers as interdependent members. First Corinthians 12:12-27 develops this image: 'The eye cannot say to the hand, "I don't need you!"' Each member has a vital function, and 'if one part suffers, every part suffers with it.' Ephesians 4:15-16 describes the body 'growing and building itself up in love, as each part does its work.' Romans 12:4-5 reminds believers they are 'one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.' This organic unity transcends every human division and requires mutual care and coordinated mission.
Verses about Body of Christ
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Rô-ma 7:4
Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised fro…
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Rô-ma 8:10
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
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Rô-ma 8:11
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodie…
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Rô-ma 12:5
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
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I Cô-rinh-tô 6:15
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
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I Cô-rinh-tô 10:16
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of …
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I Cô-rinh-tô 12:12
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.
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I Cô-rinh-tô 12:27
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
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II Cô-rinh-tô 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, wh…
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II Cô-rinh-tô 12:2
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such a…
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Ê-phê-sô 3:6
That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
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Ê-phê-sô 4:12
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
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Ê-phê-sô 5:23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
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Phi-líp 1:20
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall …
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Cô-lô-se 1:24
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the…
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Cô-lô-se 2:11
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Chr…
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Cô-lô-se 2:17
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
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I Tê-sa-lô-ni-ca 5:23
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord …
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Hê-bơ-rơ 10:10
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.