1 Corinthians 12:12

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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 [there is] one bread, [we] who [are] many are one body, for [we] all share from the one bread.

For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function,

which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills all [things] in every [way].

one body and one Spirit (just as also you were called with one hope of your calling),

because [the] husband is [the] head of the wife, as also Christ [is the] head of the church (he himself [being the] Savior of the body).

and he himself is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he himself may become first in everything,

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.

And the peace of Christ must rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.

So

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

Now to Abraham and to his descendant the promises were spoken. It does not say, "and to descendants," as concerning many, but as concerning one, "and to your descendant," who is Christ.

General references

For just as in one body we have many members, but all the members do not have the same function,

For the body is not one member, but many.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace;