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Bible Questions Answered:
“What
is the definition of the body of Christ?...:
Harriet/
Addis, Louisiana U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Ephesians
1:22,23 KJV
22
And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be The Head
over all things to the church,
23
Which is His body, the fullness of Him that filleth all in all.
The church of Jesus Christ, is the body of Christ.
Matthew
18:20 KJV
For
where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in
the midst of them.
John
2:19-22 KJV
19
Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three
days I will raise it up.
20
Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building,
and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21
But He spake of the temple of His body.
22
When therefore He was risen from the dead, His disciples remembered
that He had said this unto them; and they believed The Scripture, and
The Word which Jesus had said.
Romans
12:4-8 KJV
4
For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the
same office:
5 So
we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of
another.
6
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to
us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of
faith;
7 Or
ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on
teaching;
8 Or
he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with
simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy,
with cheerfulness.
I
Corinthians 10:16,17 KJV
16
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of The
Blood Of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of
the body of Christ?
17
For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all
partakers of that one bread.
I Corinthians 12:12-31 NLT (All Christian people are a part of
The Lord's Body, the church, this is a work of The Holy Spirit.)
12
The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole
body. So it is with the body of Christ.
13
Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are
free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and
we all share the same Spirit.
14
Yes, the body has many different parts, not just one part.
15
If the foot says, “I am not a part of the body because I am not a
hand,” that does not make it any less a part of the body.
16
And if the ear says, “I am not part of the body because I am not an
eye,” would that make it any less a part of the body?
17
If the whole body were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole
body were an ear, how would you smell anything?
18
But our bodies have many parts, and God has put each part just where
He wants it.
19
How strange a body would be if it had only one part!
20
Yes, there are many parts, but only one body.
21
The eye can never say to the hand, “I don’t need you.” The head
can’t say to the feet, “I don’t need you.”
22
In fact, some parts of the body that seem weakest and least important
are actually the most necessary.
23
And the parts we regard as less honorable are those we clothe with
the greatest care. So we carefully protect those parts that should
not be seen,
24
while the more honorable parts do not require this special care. So
God has put the body together such that extra honor and care are
given to those parts that have less dignity.
25
This makes for harmony among the members, so that all the members
care for each other.
26
If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is
honored, all the parts are glad.
27
All of you together are Christ’s body, and each of you is a part of
it.
28
Here 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.
29
Are we all apostles? Are we all prophets? Are we all teachers? Do we
all have the power to do miracles?
30
Do we all have the gift of healing? Do we all have the ability to
speak in unknown languages? Do we all have the ability to interpret
unknown languages? Of course not!
31
So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts.
But
now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.
(Continued at I Corinthians 13-the Love chapter)
Galatians
3:27 KJV
For
as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Ephesians
1:22 KJV
And
hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be The Head over
all things to the church,
Ephesians
2:19-22 KJV
19
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow
citizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
20
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus
Christ Himself being The Chief Corner Stone;
21
In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy
temple in The Lord:
22
In whom ye also are built together for an habitation of God through
The Spirit.
Ephesians
4:4,11,12,14-16,25 KJV
4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope
of your calling;
11
And He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
12
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for
the edifying of the body of Christ:
14
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and
cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
15
But speaking The Truth in love, may grow up into Him in all things,
which is The Head, even Christ:
(Head of the body, the church).
16
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.
25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his
neighbor: for we are members one of another.
Ephesians
5:2329,30 KJV
23
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is The Head
of the church: and He is the savior of the body.
29
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
cherisheth it, even as The Lord the church:
30
For we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.
Colossians
1:18,24 NLT
18
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.
24 I
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.
Colossians
2:19 NLT
"...
Christ, The Head of the body. For He holds the whole body together
with its joints and ligaments, and it grows as God nourishes it.
Colossians
3:15 NLT
And
let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as
members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be
thankful.
The
Church's One Foundation
The church has one foundation,
’Tis Jesus Christ her Lord;
She is His new creation,
Through water by The Word.
From heav’n He came and sought her
To be His holy bride;
With His Own Blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.
Elect from every nation,
Yet one o’er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation—
One Lord, one faith, one birth.
One holy name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food;
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.
Long with a scornful wonder
Men saw her sore oppressed,
By schisms rent asunder,
By heresies distressed.
Yet saints their watch were keeping
To hail a brighter day,
When God should stop their weeping,
Take their reproach away.
The evening sun is shining,
The cloudy day is past;
The time of their repining
Is at an end at last.
The voice of God is calling
To unity again;
Division walls are falling,
With all the creeds of men.
Back to the one foundation,
From sects and creeds made free,
Come saints of every nation
To blessed unity.
Once more the ancient glory
Shines as in days of old,
And tells the wondrous story—
One God, one faith, one fold.
Author: Samuel J. Stone,
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Prayer:
I John 5:1,11-13
KJV
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus
is The Christ has become a child of God..."
11 And this is the record, that God
hath given to us Eternal Life, and this Life is in His Son.
12 He that hath The Son hath Life;
and he that hath not The Son Of God hath not Life.
13 These things have I written unto
you that believe on the name of The Son Of God; that ye may know that
ye have Eternal Life, and that ye may believe on the name of The Son
Of God.
