1 Corinthians 12:12 Cross References - MSB

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.

⁴ Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function, ⁵ so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.

¹⁷ Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

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

¹⁶ The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

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

⁴ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called;

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

¹⁵ Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head. ¹⁶ From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love through the work of each individual part.

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.

¹⁹ He has lost connection to the head, from whom the whole body, supported and knit together by its joints and ligaments, grows as God causes it to grow.

¹⁵ Let the peace of God rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.