59 Bible Verses about The Body
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For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many and are one body, so also is Christ.
These many members are one body in Christ, and every one, individually, is a member one of the other.
Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
If the whole body were an eye, where is the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where is the smelling?
If the ear should say: Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
Foods are for the belly, and the belly for foods, but God will destroy both of them. Now the body is not for fornication but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body.
What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit? That one (Greek: hos he ho which, that one) is in you. You received it from God. You are not your own.
We always carry in the body the death of Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body.
We are of good courage, I say, and are willing to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling.
If the foot should say: Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
How is it the first is not spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
And those members of the body that we think to be less honorable, we offer these more honors. Our less acceptable parts have more abundant acceptability.
It is sown a natural body and it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body.
And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
This is for the perfecting (equipping) (preparing) of the holy ones, for the work of ministering, for the building up of the body of Christ:
Miserable man that I am! Who will rescue me from the body undergoing this death?
There should be no division in the body. So the members should have the same care for each other.
Even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit (mental disposition). I am glad when I see the resolute firmness with which you stand together in your faith in Christ.
Those members of the body, which seem to be weaker, are necessary.
If Christ is with you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit is life on account of righteousness.
He is the head of the body, the congregation. He is the beginning (commencement), the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence (first place).
For we being many are one-bread and one-body. We are all partakers of that one bread.
When one member suffers all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eye is clear (simple) (focused) (single minded), your whole body will be full of [spiritual] light.
The manifestation (expression) of the Spirit is given to everyone for a beneficial purpose.
Do not fear those who kill the body. They are not able to take away your [everlasting] life. Instead, fear him who is able to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires. (Greek: Gehenna: continuously burning trash fires in the valley of Hinnom.)
We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether it is good or bad.
For by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether we are Jews or people of the nations, whether we are bond or free; we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
not holding fast to the head, from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, grows with the growth from God.
I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know; or whether out of the body, I do not know; God knows), such a one caught up even to the third heaven.
There are also celestial (heavenly) bodies and terrestrial (earthly) bodies. The glory of the celestial is one thing and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I do not know; God knows),
Every one of you should know how to possess his own vessel in holiness and honor,
What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute is one (united with her) body? For he said: Two will be one flesh.
which is his body, the fullness of him who fills (accomplishes) (completes) all in all.
Christ will, through his power, bring everything under his authority. He will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorified (glorious) body (literally and figuratively: body of his glory). He is able to subject all things to himself.
for if you live according to flesh, you are about to die. If by the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
We are sanctified by his will through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
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Redemption » Subjects of » The body
We also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption and the release from our bodies by ransom.
Topics on The Body
Altering The Body
1 Samuel 16:7But Jehovah said to Samuel: Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature. I have rejected him. God does not see as man sees. Man looks at the outward appearance. Jehovah looks at the heart (inner man).
Cleansing The Body
Acts 22:16Wait no longer! Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.'
Condition Of The Body
Ecclesiastes 12:7Then the dust will return to the earth as it was. The spirit (life) will return to God who gave it.
Covering The Body
Genesis 3:7Then the eyes of both of them were opened. They realized they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Damage To The Body
Job 2:5But stretch out your hand, and strike his flesh and bones and he will curse you to your face!
Limitations Of The Body
Genesis 6:3Jehovah said: My Spirit will not contend (judge) (plead) with man forever, for he is mortal and corrupt. Therefore his days will be a hundred and twenty years.
Provision For The Body
Ephesians 5:29No man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also does the congregation.
Red Parts Of The Body
Leviticus 13:19and if afterward a white swelling or a reddish-white spot appears where the boil was, you should go to the priest.
The Hair Of The Body
Leviticus 13:3The priest will examine the sore. If the hairs in it have turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the surrounding skin, it is a dreaded skin disease, and the priest will pronounce you unclean.
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