13 Bible Verses about Body Of Christ

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and am filling up the measure of those remaining afflictions, which in my turn I am to suffer in this life, in the cause of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

be therefore upon your guard to secure your selves, and the whole flock over which the holy spirit has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood.

You husband, love your spouse, even as Christ loved the church, and laid down his life for her:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and am filling up the measure of those remaining afflictions, which in my turn I am to suffer in this life, in the cause of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

not adhering to the head, from which all the parts of the body derive its nutrition, and being firmly united together by its joints and ligaments, receives a divine increase.

thus fitly qualifying his servants for their respective offices, in order to build up the body of Christ:

so we who are many, make all but one body in Christ, and every member subservient to one another.

Thus you are the body of Christ, being the particular members of it.

Whatever condition God has allotted to any man, let him go on in the same state he was in when he became a christian: this I give as a standing rule to all churches.

and if any one is press'd with hunger, let him eat at home; that ye may not otherwise meet with punishment. as for other matters, I will set them in order when I come.

The apostles therefore, and the presbyters assembled to deliberate upon this affair.

for by the holy spirit it seemed good to us, to lay no greater burthen upon you, than these necessary injunctions;

for if a man is incapable of governing his own family, how can he take care of the church of God?

according to the free gift of God bestowed upon me, I, as a skilful architect, have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. but let every man take heed how he builds thereupon.

on which the whole structure rises with symmetry into a temple, consecrated by the Lord:

and I tell thee likewise, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will hereafter build my church: and death shall not prevail against it.

you your selves are as so many living stones, you are the edifice, the spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, agreeable to God by Jesus Christ.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and am filling up the measure of those remaining afflictions, which in my turn I am to suffer in this life, in the cause of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

for he has subjected all things to him, and constituted him supreme head of the church, which is his body, a work compleatly finished in all its parts.

so we who are many, make all but one body in Christ, and every member subservient to one another.

for he has subjected all things to him, and constituted him supreme head of the church, which is his body, a work compleatly finished in all its parts.