What Does the Bible Say About Members?
Here are 7 Bible verses about members, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #11 Corinthians 12:27
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
BSBNow you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.
- #21 Corinthians 12:12
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
BSBThe 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.
- #3Romans 12:5
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
BSBso in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
- #4Ephesians 4:12
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
BSBto equip the saints for works of ministry and to build up the body of Christ,
- #51 Corinthians 12:12-27
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? …
BSBThe 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. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink. For the body does not consist of one part, but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? …
- #6Romans 12:4
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
BSBJust as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
- #71 Corinthians 12:20
But now are they many members, yet but one body.
BSBAs it is, there are many parts, but one body.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).