1 Corinthians 12:12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

As

So

1 Corinthians 12:27

Galatians 3:16

General references

Romans 12:4

1 Corinthians 12:14

Ephesians 4:3

Bible References

As

The Bread is one, and we, though many, are one body; for we all partake of that one Bread.

For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,

For the Church is Christ's Body, and is filled by him who fills all things everywhere with his presence.

There is but one Body and one Spirit, just as there was but one hope set before you when you received your Call.

For a man is the Head of his wife, as the Christ is the Head of the Church--being indeed himself the Savior of his Body.

And he is the Head of the Church, which is his Body. The First-born from the dead, he is to the Church the Source of its Life, that he, in all things, may stand first.

He fails to maintain union with the Head, to whom it is due that the whole body, nourished and knit together by the contact and Keynesian of every part, grows with a divine growth.

Let the Peace that the Christ gives decide all doubts within your hearts; for you also were called to the enjoyment of peace as members of one Body. And show yourselves thankful.

So

Together you are the Body of Christ, and individually its parts.

Now it was to Abraham that the promises were made, 'and to his offspring.' It was not said 'to his offsprings,' as if many persons were meant, but the words were 'to thy offspring,' showing that one person was meant--and that was Christ.

General references

For, just as in the human body there is a union of many parts, and each part has its own function,

The human body, I repeat, consists not of one part, but of many.

And striving to maintain in the bond of peace the unity given by the Spirit.