American Standard Version
1 Corinthians 12:27
27Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.
1 Corinthians 12:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
- New International Version (NIV)Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
Context of 1 Corinthians 12:27
25that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. 26And whether one member suffereth, all the members suffer with it; or one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof. 28And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues. 29Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
Read all of 1 Corinthians 121 Corinthians 12:27 word by word
Ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε σῶμα Χριστοῦ καὶ μέλη ἐκ μέρους.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 12:27
- 1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
- Romans 12:5so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.
- Ephesians 1:23which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
- Ephesians 4:12for the perfecting of the saints, unto the work of ministering, unto the building up of the body of Christ:
- Ephesians 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, being himself the saviour of the body.
- Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church;
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 12:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Now ye are the body of Christ - The apostle, having finished his apologue, comes to his application. As the members in the human body, so the different members of the mystical body of Christ. All are intended by him to have the same relation to each other; to be mutually subservient to each other; to mourn for and rejoice with each other. He has also made each necessary to the beauty, proportion, strength, and perfection of the whole. Not one is useless…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Now ye - Ye Christians of Corinth, as a part of the whole church that has been redeemed. Are the body of Christ - The allusion to the human body is here kept up. As all the members of the human body compose one body, having a common head, so it is with all the members and parts of the Christian church. The specific idea is, that Christ is the Head of the whole church; that he presides over all; and that all its members sustain to each other the relation…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-31Verses 27-31 Contempt, hatred, envy, and strife, are very unnatural in Christians. It is like the members of the same body being without concern for one another, or quarrelling with each other. The proud, contentious spirit that prevailed, as to spiritual gifts, was thus condemned. The offices and gifts, or favours, dispensed by the Holy Spirit, are noticed. Chief ministers; persons enabled to interpret Scripture; those who laboured in word and doctrine…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-31The church is like a body (see 12:27) made up of many different parts. Each part has its own role, as determined by God (see 12:11, 18, 28; Romans 12:4–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. members in particular--that is, severally members of it. Each church is in miniature what the whole aggregate of churches is collectively, "the body of Christ" (compare 1Co 3:16): and its individual components are members, every one in his assigned place.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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