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1 Corinthians 12:25–27

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That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
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From verse 25

  1. 2 Corinthians 13:11Rank 1 from verse 25
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    11Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

  2. 1 Corinthians 1:10–12Rank 2 from verse 25
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    10Now 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.

    11For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

    12Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.

  3. John 17:21–26Rank 3 from verse 25
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    21That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

    22And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

    23I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

    24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

    25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

    26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  4. 2 Corinthians 8:16Rank 4 from verse 25
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    16But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.

  5. 1 Corinthians 3:3Rank 5 from verse 25
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    3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

From verse 26

  1. Romans 12:15Rank 1 from verse 26
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    15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

  2. Galatians 6:2Rank 2 from verse 26
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    2Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

  3. Hebrews 13:3Rank 3 from verse 26
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    3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

  4. 1 Peter 3:8Rank 4 from verse 26
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    8Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

  5. 2 Corinthians 11:28–29Rank 5 from verse 26
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    28Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.

    29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

From verse 27

  1. Ephesians 4:12Rank 1 from verse 27
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    12For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

  2. Ephesians 5:30Rank 2 from verse 27
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    30For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

  3. Colossians 1:24Rank 3 from verse 27
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    24Who 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:

  4. Romans 12:5Rank 4 from verse 27
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    5So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

  5. 1 Corinthians 12:12Rank 5 from verse 27
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    12For 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.

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1 Corinthians 12:25

COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

members

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Sense 1: The limbs, organs, faculties, or other constituent parts of a body. Sense 2: Figuratively, persons joined as distinct parts of one body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

care

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Sense 1: Concern, attention, anxiety, or responsibility for a person or matter. Sense 2: To feel concern or regard; to take anxious thought.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

another

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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

1 Corinthians 12:26

COMBINED MEANING

member

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A limb or subordinate part of a body; an individual constituent belonging to a larger body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

members

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Sense 1: The limbs, organs, faculties, or other constituent parts of a body. Sense 2: Figuratively, persons joined as distinct parts of one body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rejoice

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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

1 Corinthians 12:27

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

members

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Sense 1: The limbs, organs, faculties, or other constituent parts of a body. Sense 2: Figuratively, persons joined as distinct parts of one body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

particular

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Individually or separately; each person or member considered by himself.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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12:12For 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.

12:13For 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.

12:14For the body is not one member, but many.

12:15If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

12:16And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?

12:17If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?

12:18But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.

12:19And if they were all one member, where were the body?

12:20But now are they many members, yet but one body.

12:21And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

12:22Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:

12:23And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness.

12:24For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:

12:25That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.

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12:26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

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12:27Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.

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