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1 Corinthians 12:12-27 ESV / 9 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Apr 11, 2023 · This term, body of Christ, helps us understand what it means to be part of the church. Jesus is the head of the church, and we as believers make up the church, and therefore, are deeply connected to the work and mission of Jesus. Every believer has been given certain spiritual gifts and skills to contribute to the church and is valuable and ...
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Jan 4, 2022 · 1) Members of the Body of Christ are joined to Christ in salvation (Ephesians 4:15-16). 2) Members of the Body of Christ follow Christ as their Head (Ephesians 1:22-23). 3) Members of the Body of Christ are the physical representation of Christ in this world. The Church is the organism through which Christ manifests His life to the world today.
Sep 19, 2004 · That’s the invisible, spiritual, universal church of all believers, the body of Christ. But the other meaning is that that Paul thinks of each local church as the body of Christ as well. For example in 1 Corinthians 12:27 he says to that church, “Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.”
Jan 26, 2009 · The Father and the Son send the Spirit in baptism to make us one in Christ. St. Augustine would one day say, "What the soul is to the human body, the Holy Spirit is to the Body of Christ, which is ...
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May 9, 2023 · The Church, the Body of Christ, was a new creation, a “secret” (μυστήριον) God revealed to Paul. As such, it did not exist before Paul (Ephesians 3.3-9; Colossians 1.26-27; Romans 16.25-27). Paul wrote to the Ephesians about the Body of Christ. He declared it was a secret God had revealed to him alone.
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May 13, 2024 · Answer. In Romans 12:4–8, the apostle Paul discusses spiritual gifts, which are special graces given by God to each Christian for the benefit of the entire church. He covers the same issue in more detail with the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians 12, 14). Paul stresses that the church is one body in Christ in both teachings.