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What does the Bible say about the body of christ?

10 verses about the body of christ, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

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Bible verses about the body of christ

1 Corinthians 12:12 — For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. 9 votes
Romans 12:4 — For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 7 votes
Ephesians 4:16 — From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. 5 votes
1 Corinthians 12:27 — Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 4 votes
Colossians 1:18 — And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. 4 votes
Colossians 3:14 — And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 3 votes
1 Corinthians 6:19 — What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 2 votes
Ephesians 1:20 — Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 2 votes
Ephesians 3:6 — That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 2 votes
Ephesians 5:23 — For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. 2 votes