13 Bible Verses about Body Of Christ
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so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.
Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.
From him the whole body (knit together and compacted by all its joints) makes continual growth of the body so as to build itself up in love, through the energy of his bounteous provision, according to the need of each several part.
It is for this reason that the Christ, on coming into the world, declared. Sacrifice and offerings thou dost not desire, But a body didst thou prepare for me;
in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
because a husband is the head of his wife even as Christ is head of the church, his body, which he saves.
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Church » Body of Christ » Precious
I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, and be shepherds of the church of God which he has purchased with his own blood.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her,
Church » Body of Christ » Called the body of Christ
I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.
instead of keeping connection with the Head from the whole body draws nourishment for all its needs by the joints which bind it; and is knit together, and grows with a divine growth.
in order to equip the saints for the work of serving, for the building up of the Body of Christ??13 till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to the maturity of manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.
Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.
Church » Body of Christ » Government of
Only whatever be the lot in life to which God has assigned each one??nd whatever the condition in which he was living when God called him??n that let him continue. Such is the rule I give in all the churches.
If any one is hungry, let him eat at home, so that your meetings do not bring condemnation upon you. The other matters I will adjust when I come.
The apostles and elders met to consider the matter;
"For it has seemed good to the Holy Ghost and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?
Church » Body of Christ » Compared to a building
According to the grace of God vouchsafed me, like a skillful master-builder, I have laid a foundation; but another will be building upon it. Let each take heed how he builds on it.
In him the whole building, fitly framed together, rises into a holy temple in the Lord;
"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.
And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, through Christ Jesus.
Church » Body of Christ
I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.
God has put all things under Christ's feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church, which is his body, the fulness of Him who fills the universe.
Names » Of the church » Body of Christ
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and we are severally members of one another.
Titles and names of the church » Body of Christ
God has put all things under Christ's feet, and placed him as Head over all in the church, which is his body, the fulness of Him who fills the universe.
Topics on Body Of Christ
Body Of Christ, Physical Body
John 1:14And the Word became flesh and tented with us. And we gazed on his glory??lory as of the Father's only Son??ull of grace and truth.
Body Of Christ, Physical Death
John 19:31-37It was Preparation Day, so in order to prevent the bodies' hanging on the cross during the Sabbath (for the Sabbath was a great day) the Jews begged Pilate to have the legs broken, and the bodies taken away.
Body Of Christ, Physical Suffering
Matthew 27:26Then he released Barabbas to them, but Jesus he scourged, and delivered to be crucified.
Body Of Christ, Symbolized
Matthew 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, when he had blessed it, he broke it and gave to his disciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is my body."
Body Of Christ, The Church
1 Corinthians 12:27Now you are the body of Christ, and individually members of it.