13 Bible Verses about Body Of Christ

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,

On that day the LORD their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land.

"He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.

to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ,

so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.

if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home--so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will give directions when I come.

The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.

For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:

for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?

According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it.

in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.