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

Because we, the many, are one bread, one body, for we are all partakers of the one bread.

For just as we have many body-parts in one body, and all the body-parts have not the same function,

which is his body, the fulfillment of him who fills all in all.

one body, and one Spirit. Just as also ye were called in one hope of your calling,

Because a husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church, and himself the savior of the body.

And he is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might become preeminent in all things.

and not holding to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and held together through the connections and bonds, develops its growth from God.

And let the peace of God umpire in your hearts, for which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

So

Now ye are the body of Christ, and body-parts individually.

Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, And to the seeds, as of many, but as of one, And to thy seed, who is Christ.

General references

For just as we have many body-parts in one body, and all the body-parts have not the same function,

For the body also is not one part, but many.

Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace,