1 Corinthians 12:27

1 Corinthians 12:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.

Context of 1 Corinthians 12:27

25so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. 26If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. 29Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

1 Corinthians 12:27 word by word

Ὑμεῖς δέ ἐστε σῶμα Χριστοῦ καὶ μέλη ἐκ μέρους.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Nowδέde · thenG1161
• yeσύsu · youG4771
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• the bodyσῶμαsōma · bodyG4983
• of ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• membersμέλοςmelos · memberG3196
• inἐκek ex · out fromG1537
• particularμέροςmeros · partG3313

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 12:27

• 1 Corinthians 12:12Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.
• Romans 12:5so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
• Ephesians 1:23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
• Ephesians 4:12to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up
• Ephesians 5:23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
• Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, 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

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 12:27

• Church
• Fellowship
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Administration
• Bond
• Covet
• Temper
• Tongues, Gift of
• Church
• Church Government
• Communion; (fellowship)

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