Body Of Christ

Stub

Referenced by other concepts but not yet explicitly defined in any topic.

Episodes

  • Biblical Images Of The Church
  • Bread As Symbol Of Unity
  • Christ As The True Temple
  • Church As Mother And Body Of Christ
  • Church Ekklēsia As Universal

Biblical References

  • Eph. 1:22-23 — *And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as head over all things. Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. *
  • Colossians 1:24 — *Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body—for the sake of his body, the church—what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ. *
  • 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 — Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the…
  • 1 Corinthians 12:27 — *Now you are Christ’s body, and each of you is a member of it. *
  • Rom. 8:1; 16:7; 2 Cor. 5:17; Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:27 — There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me. So…
  • Romans 8:29 — *because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. *