1 Corinthians 12:27

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

1 Corinthians 12:27 in Other Translations

27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.

27 All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of it.

27 You are Christ's body - that's who you are! You must never forget this. Only as you accept your part of that body does your "part" mean anything.

27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and severally members thereof.

27 You are Christ's body and each of you is an individual part of it.

27 Now you are the body of Christ, and individual members of it.

27 You are the body of Christ. Each one of you is a part of it.

1 Corinthians 12:27 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now ye are the body of Christ
Not his natural body, which his Father prepared for him, in which he bore our sins on the tree, and which was offered up once for all; nor his sacramental body, or the bread in the supper, which is a representation of his body; but his body mystical, the church; not that the Corinthians were the whole of the body, only a part of it, as every single congregational church is of the church universal. This is an accommodation of the simile the apostle had to so much advantage enlarged upon: and members in particular;
or in part: meaning either that they as single members were part of the general body: or that only a part of them were so, there being some among them, as in all particular and visible churches, who had not the true grace of God; and so are neither members of Christ, nor of the general assembly and church of the firstborn: or the sense is, that they were not only members of Christ, and of his body, but were particularly members one of another, in strict union and close communion, and of mutual use and service to each other.

1 Corinthians 12:27 In-Context

25 so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.

26 If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

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

28 And 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.

29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

Cross References

• 1. Ephesians 1:23; Ephesians 4:12; Colossians 1:18,24
• 2. S Romans 12:5