1 Corinthians 12:27 Cross References - MSB

²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

⁵ so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

¹² The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

¹⁴ For the body does not consist of one part, but of many. ¹⁵ If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸ But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

²³ which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.

¹² to equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,

²³ For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

³⁰ For we are members of His body—of His flesh and of His bones.

¹⁸ And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.

²⁴ Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.