13 Bible Verses about Body Of Christ

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has appointed you [as] overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he obtained through the blood of his own [Son].

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for her;

And Yahweh their God will save them on that day, as the flock of his people; for [they are like] the stones of a diadem, glittering on his land.

He found him in a desert land, and in a howling, desert wasteland; he {encircled him}, he cared for him, he protected him like the {apple} of his eye.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

and not holding fast to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by the ligaments and sinews, grows with the growth of God.

for the equipping of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ, and {individually} members of one another,

Now you are the body of Christ, and members {of it individually},

But to each one as the Lord has apportioned. As God has called each one, thus let him live--and thus I order in all the churches.

If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgment. And I will give directions about the remaining [matters] whenever I come.

Both the apostles and the elders assembled to deliberate concerning this matter.

For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us to place on you no greater burden except these necessary things:

(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon [it]. But each one must direct his attention to how he is building upon [it].

in whom the whole building, joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it!

And [you] yourselves, as living stones, are being built up [as] a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

and he subjected all [things] under his feet and gave him [as] head over all [things] to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all [things] in every [way].

in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ, and {individually} members of one another,

and he subjected all [things] under his feet and gave him [as] head over all [things] to the church, which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all [things] in every [way].