'Members' in the Bible
Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.
Do not take revenge or bear a grudge against members of your community, but love your neighbor as yourself; I am Yahweh.
The members of the royal staff at the King’s Gate asked Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s command?”
Haven’t the members of my household said,“Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”
and lusted after their lovers, whose sexual members were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of stallions.
It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,’ how much more the members of his household!
and a man’s enemies will bethe members of his household.
with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John and Alexander, and all the members of the high-priestly family.
in the same way we who are many are one body in Christ and individually members of one another.
For it has been reported to me about you, my brothers, by members of Chloe’s household, that there is rivalry among you.
Don’t you know that your bodies are a part of Christ’s body? So should I take a part of Christ’s body and make it part of a prostitute? Absolutely not!
so that there would be no division in the body, but that the members would have the same concern for each other.
So if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.
So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,
The Gentiles are coheirs, members of the same body, and partners of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Since you put away lying, Speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.