Believers, THE BODY OF CHRIST

Romans 12:4-8

For As, We (Believers) Have Many Members (ex. arms, legs, hands, feet, torso, head, neck, etc.), IN One Body; BUT, All The Members, Do NOT Have The Same Function; SO, We (Believers), Being Many, Are ONE BODY IN CHRIST; AND Individually, MEMBERS OF ONE ANOTHER (Fellow Believers)!

Having Then, GIFTS (THAT IS, Spiritual Gifts), Differing, ACCORDING TO THE GRACE (GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving GRACE), THAT IS GIVEN, TO Us (Believers), LET Us (Believers) USE THEM (Our Spiritual Gifts): IF PROPHECY, Let Us (Believers) Prophesy, IN Proportion TO Our Faith (Our Spiritual Maturity); OR MINISTRY, Let Us (Believers) USE IT (Minister), IN Our Ministering (Daily); He (Believers) WHO TEACHES, IN Teaching; He (Believers) WHO EXHORTS (Encourages), IN Exhortation; He (Believers) WHO GIVES (Monetarily), WITH Liberality; He (Believers) WHO LEADS, WITH Diligence (Conscientiousness); He (Believers) WHO SHOWS MERCY, WITH Cheerfulness!

1 Corinthians 6:14-15a, 17, 19-20

AND GOD (GOD Almighty), BOTH, RAISED UP THE LORD (Jesus Christ), AND WILL ALSO, RAISE Us (Believers) UP (AT The Being Caught Up Together), BY HIS POWER (GOD Almighty’s Power)! DO YOU NOT KNOW, That Your Bodies (Believers’ Bodies) Are MEMBERS OF CHRIST? BUT, He (Believers) WHO IS JOINED TO THE LORD (Jesus Christ), IS ONE SPIRIT WITH HIM (Jesus)!

OR DO YOU NOT KNOW, That Your Body (Believers’ Bodies) IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHO IS, IN YOU (Believers); WHOM YOU (Believers) HAVE, FROM GOD (GOD Almighty), AND YOU (Believers) ARE NOT Your Own (YOU Are GOD Almighty’s Children)? FOR YOU (Believers) WERE BOUGHT AT A PRICE (Jesus Christ Died Upon THE CROSS, Once For All, Believers); Therefore, GLORIFY GOD (GOD Almighty), IN Your Body (Believers’ Bodies) AND IN Your Spirit (Believers’ Spirits), WHICH ARE GOD’s (GOD Almighty’s)!

1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 18, 20, 24b-25, 27

For As The Body IS One AND Has Many Members; BUT, All The Members OF That One Body, Being Many, Are One Body, So Also, IS CHRIST! FOR BY ONE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit), We (Believers) WERE ALL BAPTIZED (THROUGH The Holy Spirit), INTO ONE BODY (The Body OF Jesus Christ); Whether Jews (Jewish Believers) OR Greeks (Non-Jewish Believers), Whether Slaves OR Free, AND HAVE ALL (Believers) BEEN MADE TO DRINK, INTO ONE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit)!

FOR IN FACT, THE BODY (The Body OF Christ) IS NOT ONE MEMBER, BUT MANY! BUT NOW, GOD (GOD Almighty) HAS SET THE MEMBERS (OF The Body OF Christ), EACH ONE OF THEM (Believers), IN THE BODY (OF Jesus Christ), JUST AS HE PLEASED (GOD Almighty Pleased)!

BUT NOW, INDEED, There Are Many Members (Believers), YET, ONE BODY (The Body OF CHRIST)! BUT GOD (GOD Almighty) COMPOSED THE BODY (The Body OF Christ), Having Given GREATER HONOR, TO THAT PART, Which Lacks IT; That There Should Be NO Schism (NO Division), IN THE BODY (The Body OF Christ); BUT, That The Members (Believers) Should Have The Same Care For One Another (Fellow Believers)! NOW, YOU (Believers) ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND MEMBERS, Individually!

Ephesians 4:4-6, 11-13, 16-18

THERE IS ONE BODY (The Body OF Christ) AND ONE SPIRIT (The Holy Spirit), JUST AS, YOU (Believers) WERE CALLED (TO BE Children OF GOD Almighty), IN ONE HOPE OF YOUR CALLING; ONE LORD (Jesus Christ), ONE FAITH (IN The Gospel OF Jesus Christ), ONE BAPTISM (THROUGH The Holy Spirit); ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL (GOD Almighty), WHO IS ABOVE ALL, AND THROUGH ALL, AND IN YOU, ALL (Believers)!

AND HE (Jesus Christ), Himself, GAVE Some (Believers) TO BE APOSTLES, Some PROPHETS, Some EVANGELISTS, AND Some PASTORS, AND TEACHERS; For The Equipping (Arming) OF The Saints (Believers), FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY; FOR THE EDIFYING OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, TILL We ALL (Believers) COME TO THE UNITY OF THE FAITH (Our Faith, IN The Gospel OF Jesus Christ) AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD (Jesus Christ), TO A PERFECT MAN, TO THE MEASURE OF THE STATURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST!

BUT, SPEAKING THE TRUTH (The Holy Bible), IN LOVE, MAY GROW UP (Spiritual Maturity), IN ALL THINGS, INTO HIM, WHO IS THE HEAD, CHRIST; FROM WHOM, THE WHOLE BODY (The Body OF Christ), JOINED AND KNIT TOGETHER; BY WHAT EVERY JOINT SUPPLIES (Fellow Believers Supply), ACCORDING TO THE EFFECTIVE WORKING (THAT IS, Working Together), BY WHICH, EVERY PART (Every Believer) DOES ITS SHARE, CAUSES GROWTH OF THE BODY (The Body OF Christ), FOR THE EDIFYING OF ITSELF (The Body OF Christ), IN LOVE!

Ephesians 5:25-27, 29-30

Husbands, Love Your Wives, JUST AS CHRIST ALSO, LOVED (AND LOVES) THE CHURCH (Believers) AND GAVE HIMSELF, FOR HER (The Church); THAT HE (Jesus) MIGHT SANCTIFY (Purify) AND CLEANSE HER (The Church), WITH THE WASHING OF WATER, BY THE WORD (The Gospel OF Jesus Christ); THAT HE (Jesus) MIGHT PRESENT HER, TO HIMSELF, A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT Having Spot, OR Wrinkle, OR ANY Such Thing; BUT THAT SHE (The Church) SHOULD BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH! For No One EVER Hated His Own Flesh, BUT NOURISHES AND CHERISHES IT; JUST AS, THE LORD (Jesus Christ) DOES FOR THE CHURCH! FOR WE (The Church) ARE MEMBERS (Believers) OF HIS BODY, OF HIS FLESH, AND OF HIS BONES (THAT IS, The Body OF Christ)!

Colossians 1:15-18

HE (Jesus Christ) IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD (GOD Almighty), THE FIRSTBORN Over All Creation! FOR BY HIM (Jesus), ALL THINGS WERE CREATED, That Are IN Heaven AND That Are ON Earth, Visible AND INVISIBLE, Whether Thrones, OR Dominions, OR Principalities, OR Powers! ALL THINGS WERE CREATED, THROUGH HIM (Jesus), AND FOR HIM (Jesus Christ)! AND HE (Jesus) IS BEFORE, ALL THINGS, AND IN HIM (Jesus), ALL THINGS CONSIST (Exist)! AND HE (Jesus) IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH; WHO IS THE BEGINNING, THE FIRSTBORN From The Dead; THAT IN ALL THINGS, HE (Jesus) MAY HAVE THE PREEMINENCE (THE Highest Status)!

Colossians 2:19

HOLDING FAST TO THE HEAD (Jesus Christ), FROM WHOM, ALL THE BODY (The Body OF Christ), NOURISHED AND KNIT TOGETHER, BY JOINTS AND LIGAMENTS, GROWS WITH THE INCREASE, THAT IS FROM GOD (GOD Almighty)!

Colossians 3:15-17

AND LET THE PEACE OF GOD (GOD Almighty), RULE IN Your Hearts (Believers’ Hearts), TO WHICH, ALSO, YOU (Believers) WERE CALLED (TO BE Children OF GOD Almighty), IN ONE BODY (The Body OF Christ); AND BE THANKFUL (Always)!

LET THE WORD OF CHRIST (The Gospel OF Jesus Christ), DWELL IN YOU (Believers), RICHLY, IN ALL WISDOM (Spiritual Wisdom), TEACHING (OF Fellow Believers), AND ADMONISHING (Reproving) One Another (Fellow Believers), IN Psalms, AND Hymns, AND Spiritual Songs, SINGING WITH GRACE (GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving GRACE), IN Your Hearts (Believers’ Hearts), TO THE LORD (Jesus Christ)!

AND WHATEVER YOU (Believers) DO (GOD Almighty’s Good Works Performed, THROUGH Us), IN WORD OR DEED, DO ALL, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, JESUS, GIVING THANKS TO GOD, THE FATHER (GOD Almighty), THROUGH HIM (Jesus Christ)! AMEN!

©Stan Arney (Simply, Follow Me™ Christian Ministries)

Matthew 13:16 "But BLESSED Are Your Eyes (Believers' Eyes), For They SEE, AND Your Ears (Believers' Ears), For They HEAR!" --- The Gospel OF Jesus Christ!


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