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.
• 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

25This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members care for each other. 26If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all the parts are glad. All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it. 28Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages. 29Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we all have the power to do 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 12:12The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ.
• Romans 12:5so it is with Christ’s body. We are many parts of one body, and we all belong to each other.
• Ephesians 1:23And the church is his body; it is made full and complete by Christ, who fills all things everywhere with himself.
• Ephesians 4:12Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ.
• Ephesians 5:23For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of his body, the church.
• Colossians 1:24I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, 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