59 Bible Verses about The Body

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1 Corinthians 12:17

If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole [body] were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

1 Corinthians 12:16

If the ear says, “Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,” is it not on the contrary still a part of the body?

1 Corinthians 6:13

Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will do away with both of them. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body [to save, sanctify, and raise it again because of the sacrifice of the cross].

1 Corinthians 12:14

For the [human] body does not consist of one part, but of many [limbs and organs].

1 Corinthians 12:15

If the foot says, “Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,” is it not on the contrary still a part of the body?

1 Corinthians 12:23

and as for those parts of the body which we consider less honorable, these we treat with greater honor; and our less presentable parts are treated with greater modesty,

1 Corinthians 15:44

it is sown a natural body [mortal, suited to earth], it is raised a spiritual body [immortal, suited to heaven]. As surely as there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.

1 Corinthians 12:21

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.”

1 Corinthians 12:25

so that there would be no division or discord in the body [that is, lack of adaptation of the parts to each other], but that the parts may have the same concern for one another.

John 2:21

But He was speaking of the temple which was His body.

Colossians 2:5

For even though I am absent [from you] in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, delighted to see your good discipline [as you stand shoulder to shoulder and form a solid front] and to see the stability of your faith in Christ [your steadfast reliance on Him and your unwavering confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].

1 Corinthians 12:22

But quite the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are [absolutely] necessary;

1 Corinthians 10:17

Since there is one bread, we [believers] who are many are [united into] one body; for we all partake of the one bread [which represents the body of Christ].

Matthew 6:22

“The eye is the lamp of the body; so if your eye is clear [spiritually perceptive], your whole body will be full of light [benefiting from God’s precepts].

1 Corinthians 12:18

But now [as things really are], God has placed and arranged the parts in the body, each one of them, just as He willed and saw fit [with the best balance of function].

2 Corinthians 5:10

For we [believers will be called to account and] must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be repaid for what has been done in the body, whether good or bad [that is, each will be held responsible for his actions, purposes, goals, motives—the use or misuse of his time, opportunities and abilities].

1 Corinthians 12:20

But now [as things really are] there are many parts [different limbs and organs], but a single body.

2 Corinthians 12:2

I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, [only] God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:40

There are also heavenly bodies [sun, moon and stars] and earthly bodies [humans, animals, and plants], but the glory and beauty of the heavenly is one kind, and the glory of the earthly is another.

2 Corinthians 12:3

And I know that such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, [only] God knows—

Colossians 2:17

Such things are only a shadow of what is to come and they have only symbolic value; but the substance [the reality of what is foreshadowed] belongs to Christ.

1 Corinthians 6:16

Do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “The two shall be one flesh.”

Ephesians 1:23

which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills and completes all things in all [believers].

Philippians 3:21

who, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself, will [not only] transform [but completely refashion] our earthly bodies so that they will be like His glorious resurrected body.

Hebrews 10:10

And in accordance with this will [of God] we [who believe in the message of salvation] have been sanctified [that is, set apart as holy for God and His purposes] through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) once for all.

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Romans 8:23

And not only this, but we too, who have the first fruits of the Spirit [a joyful indication of the blessings to come], even we groan inwardly, as we wait eagerly for [the sign of] our adoption as sons—the redemption and transformation of our body [at the resurrection].

Topics on The Body

Damage To The Body

Job 2:5

But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh [and severely afflict him]; and he will curse You to Your face.”

Provision For The Body

Ephesians 5:29

For no one ever hated his own body, but [instead] he nourishes and protects and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

Red Parts Of The Body

Leviticus 13:19

and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a bright spot, reddish white, then it shall be shown to the priest;

The Hair Of The Body

Leviticus 13:3

The priest shall look at the diseased spot on the skin of his body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears deeper than the skin of his body, it is an infection of leprosy; when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him [ceremonially] unclean.

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