Bible Verses About Body of Christ
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for body of christ, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,150 votes, led by 1 Corinthians 12:27. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Body of Christ
1 Corinthians 12:27189 votes
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
Ephesians 4:16145 votes
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Colossians 1:18118 votes
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
1 Corinthians 1:1084 votes
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Romans 12:4-580 votes
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
1 Corinthians 12:1271 votes
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.
Romans 12:566 votes
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
1 Corinthians 13:1-1360 votes
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 Corinthians 12:1359 votes
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.
Ephesians 1:2359 votes
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Ephesians 4:1259 votes
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
1 Corinthians 11:1-3452 votes
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Romans 12:3-550 votes
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
1 Corinthians 12:2850 votes
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
Colossians 1:2448 votes
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
Ephesians 4:1-647 votes
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Ephesians 4:1147 votes
And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
1 Corinthians 12:146 votes
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
1 Corinthians 12:1-3146 votes
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
Ephesians 5:3044 votes
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
1 Corinthians 10:1743 votes
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
1 Corinthians 6:1542 votes
Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
1 Corinthians 12:2642 votes
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Ephesians 4:441 votes
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Ephesians 5:2341 votes
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
What does the Bible say about body of christ?
Readers most often cite 1 Corinthians 12:27 on the subject of body of christ. Across 3,150 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Ephesians 4:16, Colossians 1:18, 1 Corinthians 1:10. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.