13 Bible Verses about Body Of Christ
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In the same way, even though we are many people, we are one body in the Messiah and individual parts connected to each other.
Now you are the Messiah's body and individual parts of it.
in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.
For this reason, the Scriptures say, when the Messiah was about to come into the world: "You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me.
to equip the saints, to do the work of ministry, and to build up the body of the Messiah
For the husband is the head of his wife as the Messiah is the head of the church. It is he who is the Savior of the body.
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Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.
Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers to be shepherds of God's church, which he acquired with his own blood.
Husbands, love your wives as the Messiah loved the church and gave himself for it,
The LORD their God will save them at that time as his very own flock of people, because they are his crown jewels, exalted throughout his land.
The LORD found him in a desert land, in a barren, eerie wilderness. He surrounded, cared for, and guarded him as the pupil of his eye.
Church » Body of Christ » Called the body of Christ
Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.
He does not hold on to the head, from whom the whole body, which is nourished and held together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God enables it.
to equip the saints, to do the work of ministry, and to build up the body of the Messiah
In the same way, even though we are many people, we are one body in the Messiah and individual parts connected to each other.
Now you are the Messiah's body and individual parts of it.
Church » Body of Christ » Government of
Nevertheless, everyone should live the life that the Lord gave him and to which God called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather it may not bring judgment on you. And when I come I will give instructions concerning the other matters.
So the apostles and the elders met to look into this claim.
For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place on you any burden but these essential requirements:
For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?
Church » Body of Christ » Compared to a building
As an expert builder using the grace that God gave me, I laid the foundation, and someone else is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it.
In union with him the whole building is joined together and rises into a holy sanctuary for the Lord.
I tell you that you are Peter, and it is on this rock that I will build my congregation, and the powers of hell will not conquer it.
you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.
Church » Body of Christ
Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.
God has put everything under the Messiah's feet and has made him the head of everything for the good of the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills everything in every way.
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In the same way, even though we are many people, we are one body in the Messiah and individual parts connected to each other.
Titles and names of the church » Body of Christ
God has put everything under the Messiah's feet and has made him the head of everything for the good of the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills everything in every way.
Topics on Body Of Christ
Body Of Christ, Physical Body
John 1:14The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.
Body Of Christ, Physical Death
John 19:31-37Since it was the Preparation Day, the Jewish leaders did not want to leave the bodies on the crosses during the Sabbath, because that was a particularly important Sabbath. So they asked Pilate to have the men's legs broken and the bodies removed.
Body Of Christ, Physical Suffering
Matthew 27:26Then he released Barabbas for them, but he had Jesus whipped and handed over to be crucified.
Body Of Christ, Symbolized
Matthew 26:26While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and handed it to the disciples, saying, "Take this and eat it. This is my body."
Body Of Christ, The Church
1 Corinthians 12:27Now you are the Messiah's body and individual parts of it.
