1 Corinthians 12:27
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 12:27 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 12:27 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 12:27 — KJV
“Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.”
— 1 Corinthians 12:27 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 12:27 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 12:27
“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 12:27: body, christ, members
“I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 12:27: now, body, christ
“According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 12:27: now, body, christ
“Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 12:27: now, body, christ
“Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.”
Shares key themes with 1 Corinthians 12:27: now, christ, members
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